Cassandra felt hopeless. “The police keep telling me to get a protection order, but it keeps getting denied because I haven’t had any physical abuse,” she explained. “But my ex keeps driving by, ...

Protection orders form a central plank of the various state and territory governments’ response to domestic violence. First introduced in New South Wales in the 1980s and known by a different names ...

A month after China’s landmark domestic violence law took effect on March 1, 2016, Ah Lian reported her abusive husband to police. Yet the officers in her rural village in eastern China’s Jiangxi ...

Protective orders, also known as restraining orders, are legal tools for safeguarding individuals from harm or harassment, particularly in cases of domestic violence, stalking, or abuse. Having ...