Representing Victims Of Abuse, Neglect And Injury
Representing Victims Of Abuse, Neglect And Injury
Representing Victims Of Abuse, Neglect And Injury
Representing Victims Of Abuse, Neglect And Injury
In the four months since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the nation in mid-March, schools have closed, sending students home, and jobs were lost, sending millions of parents home, too. Many child-welfare experts warned that the stressful combination was likely to...
Across the nation, residents of nursing homes have been especially hard hit by the spread of COVID-19. In addition to the health concerns brought on by the pandemic, access to the facilities has been restricted, keeping residents apart from family members. With...
Regular readers of our Abuse Prevention Blog know that we recently published a post about the three lawsuits filed by six women who claim they were sexually abused as preteens and teenagers by their swimming coaches. The suits name, among others, the sport’s governing...
As preteen girls and teenagers, they were athletes who swam competitively. Today, as women in their 40s and 50s, they have filed sex abuse lawsuits against U.S.A. Swimming alleging that the organization failed to protect them decades ago from sexual predators who were...
Across the country, cities report a significant decrease in child abuse cases. Usually, residents would deem this as a call for celebration, but child-abuse specialists express severe concerns over the rapidly dropping rates for these claims. According to the Wall...
Reporting suspected abuse or neglect can feel daunting. It requires extraordinary courage to speak up when you believe that someone vulnerable is suffering harm. Most people in Oregon are not required to report abuse, even if they have strong evidence of its presence....
Jack Jeffress was 15 years old and on a cross-country hitchhiking trip that was to take him to New York City. He paused in his journey in front of a building just across a river from Warren County, New Jersey. As he sat there, a police officer wearing a badge and gun...
The Government Accountability Office reported an increase in the reported incidents of nursing home abuse. During a recently studied five-year period, reports of negative care grew by more than 200%. The actual number of occurrences, however, could be significantly...
Oregon’s Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division has weathered negative reviews, lawsuits and poor audits over the years. The beleaguered and understaffed agency has settled allegations of neglect and abuse totaling almost $40 million between 2006 and...
The word "abuse" typically denotes physical or emotional harm. For this reason, people in Salem concerned about protecting their loved ones in nursing homes from abuse usually look for signs of physical injuries or psychological harm. Yet there is another form of...
