Despite the best of intentions, our nation's effort to curb domestic
violence is not working. Current solutions not only fail to reduce
domestic violence, but also create other severe problems. Families
are being undermined and children harmed. Innocent Americans are
penalized based on false accusations. And victims of violence are
re-victimized by a rigid system that ignores their wishes, or excludes
them altogether.
R.A.D.A.R. – Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting – is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of men and women working to improve the effectiveness of our nation's approach to solving domestic violence.
R.I.P. Earl Silverman, Founder of Men's Alternative Safe House
For the last decade, Earl Silverman operated Canada's only shelter for battered men, the Men's Alternative Safe House (MASH*4077) in Calgary, Alberta. Sadly, Earl passed away on April 26, 2013.
We at RADAR mourn the loss of a noble and generous soul.
There's a plan in the works to create the "Earl Silverman Center for Male Victims of Domestic Abuse". If you wish to make a financial contribution to honor Earl's memory, please visit http://www.gofundme.com/2qyyvs.
New Memoir By Founder of First Battered Women's Shelter
In 1971 Erin Pizzey founded Chiswick Women’s Aid, the first refuge for battered wives. Her 1974 book "Scream Quietly or the Neighbors Will Hear" brought the issue to the attention of the public. In her new memoir, Pizzey recounts the resistance she encountered from members of the Women's Liberation Movement bent on suppressing Pizzey's findings that women are as capable of violence as men.
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