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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha

Will federal law change to fully protect Indigenous women from violence? grandriver/E+/Getty Images

June 18, 2021

Federal policy has failed to protect Indigenous women

Sheena L. Gilbert, University of Nebraska Omaha; Emily Wright, University of Nebraska Omaha, and Tara N. Richards, University of Nebraska Omaha

With the reauthorization of the nation’s landmark anti-domestic violence law, there’s the chance that more cases of violence against Indigenous women will be prosecuted.

Two women in late February at a Paterson, N.J. shelter for women who have suffered domestic violence. Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images

April 20, 2021

Domestic violence calls for help increased during the pandemic – but the answers haven’t gotten any easier

Tara N. Richards, University of Nebraska Omaha and Justin Nix, University of Nebraska Omaha

Calls to police and hotlines by domestic violence victims increased during the pandemic. This translates into an expanded number of families that will need help even after the pandemic.

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