“NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams Monday announcing that Lisa Friel, Jane Randel and Rita Smith will ‘help lead and shape the NFL’s policies and programs relating to domestic violence and sexual assault.'”
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This area provides access to current and past news coverage on various issues related to gender-based violence that has national reach or impact, a full archive of NRCDV eNewsletters featuring announcements of new resources, initiatives, and events and access to our recent and archived TA questions of the month.
In the News
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
“These tweets put human faces to intimate partner violence, and remind us that escaping that violence isn’t simply a matter of staying or going. The cycle of domestic abuse is far, far more complicated than that.” Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/whyistayed-twitter-domestic-violence_n_5790320.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
In the News
Monday, September 08, 2014
“Players involved in future domestic violence cases will be subject to a six-game suspension for a first offense and a lifetime ban for a repeat offense. A repeat offender would be permitted to apply for reinstatement to the league after one year.”
In the News
Friday, August 29, 2014
“The NFL is immediately implementing a sweeping domestic violence initiative under its personal conduct policy that calls for a six-game suspension for a first offense and a lifetime ban from the league for a second offense.”
In the News
Monday, August 11, 2014
“Many of the media pundits who are rightly outraged by the NFL’s penalty for Ray Rice’s domestic violence incident are asking, ‘What kind of message is the NFL sending to women and girls about how they are valued in society?’ We have another question: What kinds of messages are young boys receiving from the Ray Rice incident?”
In the News
Friday, July 25, 2014
This article reviews the history of societal and justice responses to domestic violence throughout American history, noting where we stand today.
