What the Danger Assessment Already Told Us
A domestic violence risk-assessment tool built in 1986 already weighted firearm ownership as one of its two highest-scoring questions. New Chicago reporting showing domestic homicides down this year while firearm-related injuries climb raises a harder question: whether the gap sits in identifying risk, or in acting on it once it’s identified.
The Period After Leaving
Ohio's newest domestic violence fatality count found that in nearly half of cases reviewed, the victim was leaving or had already left the relationship. For those who get out and survive, especially parents, new research on post-separation coercive control argues the danger does not resolve so much as change venue, moving from the relationship into family court.