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 ...

There are many types of abuse; physical, mental, emotional, financial, and sexual. The truth about my life is that I have been victimized by all of these, and survived. The emotional abuse started ...

A statewide task force created to reform Colorado’s mandatory reporting laws cannot do so without first asking lawmakers to change the state’s definition of criminal child abuse and neglect, members ...

Ideologues have long worked behind the scenes to weaponize Child Protective Services in the states. This includes accusing parents of “abuse” if they fail to affirm their child’s discordant “gender ...

Emotional abuse isn't as easy to spot as physical forms of abuse, which may complicate arguments as the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs continues. Among several other accusations of physical and sexual ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- A Maine lawmaker introduced a bill to better define what falls under domestic abuse to better protect victims and survivors. The bill looks to add "coercive control" to the ...

Survivors of Abuse NJ announced an overview of the types of sexual abuse cases the organization handles throughout New Jersey ...

When most people get older, they have to rely more on others to help take care of themselves. That brings a greater chance that someone will mistreat them or take advantage of them. That’s called ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A new bill that would define and criminalize "ritualistic abuse" of a child advanced in the State House Judiciary Committee Wednesday night. "I'm here to stand up for children ...

Although it has probably existed since antiquity, elder abuse was first described in the medical literature in the 1970s. 1 Many initial attempts to define the clinical spectrum of the phenomenon and ...