domestic violence

A domestic violence response and prevention program fell short of its goal to work with all Hamilton County jurisdictions last year. The problem is workforce, not a lack of support or interest from law enforcement.

National gun control group Moms Demand Action and Cincinnati's Women Helping Women say the two issues are deeply linked.

DVERT will now serve all of Hamilton County with 24/7 on-call response to domestic violence situations.

The Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team, or DVERT, is a program from the nonprofit Women Helping Women. A crisis team goes with law enforcement to respond to 911 calls and connect people with safety planning and more than a dozen other services.

So far the changes only apply to civil protection orders for stalking or sexually oriented offenses; a separate court covers protection orders for domestic violence.

When the domestic violence shelter opened in 2019, the nonprofit that runs it thought it might be a decade before it needed planned additions. But the need is there already.

How often are domestic abusers arrested in Ohio? We still don’t know.

Enquirer series uncovers the impacts of domestic violence. Their report shows one in four perpetrators and victims of domestic violence had a family history of it.

Nineteen homicides this year have been linked to intimate partner or domestic violence. That's higher than last year's confirmed 16 cases.

Police say Cincinnati has had nine domestic violence homicides so far this year – more than the last two years combined. That includes 31-year-old…