NEWS
April 10, 2012
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FEATURES
Mary Carole McCauley and The Baltimore Sun | March 23, 2012
Thanks, but we'll pass. With great fanfare, the office of Baltimore City Councilman Robert W. Curran sent out a email to reporters declaring that domestic violence is “a fundamental human right.” The missive went on to say: “Baltimore is only the second city in the country (after Cincinnatti) to recognize this right.” It's tempting to wonder what other heretofore unrecognized human rights are about to be newly affirmed. But when we called the councilman to inquire, there was a long moment of silence.
NEWS
By John E. McIntyre and The Baltimore Sun | March 23, 2012
All of us have let that message with an error in it get away from us. All of us have submitted texts bearing typos or the wrong homonym. All of who edit have overlooked gross blunders or, worse, inserted them in someone else's text. All of us are fallible mortals deserving of sympathy, even forgiveness. And yet, some blunders are too delicious to ignore. Such a one flew over the transom today in a news release from the office of Baltimore City Councilman Robert W. Curran proclaiming: Attached please find a copy of a press release and accompanying resolution declaring domestic violence to be a fundamental human right.
HEALTH
By Meredith Cohn | January 23, 2012
The state plans to open its sixth hospital-based domestic violence program in Hagerstown, officials said today. Other programs have been opened in Baltimore-area hospitals and this will be the first in Western Maryland, according to Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, who has worked to expand programs since 2008 when his cousin was killed in 2008 by an estranged boyfriend. He joined advocates and officials in announcing the program at Meritus Medical Center., which will be funded with $50,000 in state grant money and $16,000 from CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield for the first year.
NEWS
By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun | January 8, 2012
Children often witness domestic violence, but social workers have had no standardized way to examine how they are affected by it. Now, Baltimore County's social services department has partnered with experts from the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Minnesota to develop a screening tool that would, for the first time, quantify the impact of domestic violence on children. "There is no specific protocol, and particularly for the really young kids, on how you assess the level of domestic violence," said Kathleen King, a supervisor with Child Protective Services.
NEWS
By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | December 14, 2011
Baltimore County has had two murder-suicides, homicides within families and among longtime friends, and an increase in suicides in the past few months. And on Tuesday evening, officers defused a hostage situation on the 12th floor of a high rise. The recent spate of violence prompted health officials and police to organize a news conference Wednesday that addressed holiday stress and the tragedies that can occur when family, friends and neighbors miss the signs of emotional, economic or physical troubles in others.