domestic violence

Police have called off the intensive search for a domestic violence suspect in Garfield after lifting a lock down on a northern New Jersey school.

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Women sentenced to prison for crimes against their abusers would be aided in making the transition back into the community through a program proposed by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg. She sponsors a measure to establish the Supervised Community Reentry Program in the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC).

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Domestic violence reports have been on the rise since Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey, according to shelters and help lines across the state.

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Senate Democrats worked toward picking up Republican allies Monday as they launched a new attempt to broaden a law protecting women from domestic abuse by expanding its provisions to cover gays, lesbians and Native Americans.

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A man who allegedly attacked his wife and adult daughter in the family's northwestern New Jersey home this summer has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges.

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One New Jersey lawmaker is looking to make it a crime to commit a domestic violence act in the presence of a child who is 16 years or younger.

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Children who witness firsthand acts of domestic violence taking place in front of them are, no doubt, affected by the act…so much so that they too can become abusers or the victims of abuse themselves

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The "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" or the "NJ SAFE Act," would provide 20 days of unpaid leave time to an employee who is the victim of domestic violence or sexual assault or whose family or household member was the victim.

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A New Jersey Assembly committee has approved a bill that would allow some domestic violence victims to testify remotely on camera despite questions over whether it's constitutional.

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U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)  today announced more than $1.1 million in federal funding for three New Jersey organizations that serve victims of domestic and sexual abuse.  

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