Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Emotional abuse is domestic violence and a crime. Several institutions and organizations offer support to those who experience emotional abuse or any other type of domestic violence. People may think ...

I began writing about reenactments in my last two posts. A reenactment is an effort to undo or understand a traumatic event by unconsciously repeating it. In this post, which I have divided into two ...

9 Synopsis of Potential Errors in the National Crime Victimization Survey The mission of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is “to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, ...

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a pervasive public health and social problem that affects approximately one in four girls and one in twenty boys. Preventing CSA requires identifying, detecting, and ...

The widespread use of digital technologies and the Internet has spurred a new type of personal intrusion, known as cyberstalking. Incidences of cyberstalking have risen, with the U.S. Department of ...

Physical and mental health effects of physical abuse may include bone and skin injuries, depression, trauma, social isolation, and difficulty trusting others. “Abuse” is a broad term that describes a ...