Langston Hughes: How family conflict fueled his artistic creativity

The passion that fuels artistic creativity often is rooted in some type of pain, which is the precursor to growth. In the case of Langston Hughes it is no different:
Link between his mother's letters and Hughes's writing

SARA NILES: Books, Writing, and Social Issues: The Law and Domestic Murder: How State Mandated Fa...

SARA NILES: Books, Writing, and Social Issues: The Law and Domestic Murder: How State Mandated Fa...: Love, Marriage and Murder, are words that are normally not closely associated in the average mind, although those words become the sad real...

The Law and Domestic Murder: How State Mandated Fatality Review Boards use data by Sara Niles

Love, Marriage and Murder, are words that are normally not closely associated in the average mind, although those words become the sad reality of many relationships in which there is serious domestic violence, or violence with the threat of permanent physical harm or death. The patterns that are present in domestic homicides have been used in the past, and are currently still used to provide research data that is useful in the construction of legal protections geared toward preventing future domestic homicides.  

The most serious consequences stemming from domestic violence against partners and children is the murder of victims, domestic homicide, which, in many cases involve the murder of children as well, often with the abuser committing suicide either by cop, or at their own hand immediately after the murders.

The National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative http://www.ndvfri.org/reports.php

South Carolina had the most domestic homicides, with male partners killing female victims in 2013, with more than double the national average:

double the national average:read here

Fatality Review Boards were established for most states in the year 2004.

The data uses information leading up to the homicide to identify gaps in governmental programs that is examined by a state appointed review team such as the following:

“The review teams are comprised of representatives from government agencies, including prosecutors, public defenders, judges, police, medical examiners, emergency room doctors, court psychologists, corrections or probation officers, child protection workers, school social workers, etc. The teams also include strong representation from domestic violence advocates and from the community.”

From Stop Violence Against Women

http://www.stopvaw.org/domestic_fatality_review_boards

Arizona Fatality Review suggests the uses patterns to aid in the cross-coordination of agency efforts between law enforcement and supporting agencies:

 Arizona Fatality Review

  FBI Child Fatality Review

Presently the biggest gap is implementing the valuable data into useful law.

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Public Enemy Number One Arrested In Mexico

By Sara Niles

 By using the term Public Enemy, I don’t mean the movie  with a similar name: 

Public Enemies

I mean a living, breathing drug lord of the type the movies are made about, and one of the world’s richest men, no doubt. The man had an escape route built under his bathtub; although it did not deter the teams of Mexican troops from swooping in and taking him into custody over this past weekend. The charges, among many, are organized crime and drug trafficking. Guzman escaped from prison in 2001 from Mexico’s high-security Puente Grande prison, after having served time since 1993-he was carried out in a laundry cart. If Guzman is extradited to the U.S., escape may become more complicated.

One of the world’s richest men: Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán

Guzman heads aMulti-billion dollar empire and has been indicted in Eight United States courts:

“ He has been indicted in San Diego, the Southern and Eastern districts of New York, Chicago, Texas, Florida and New Hampshire”

Read Here: Washington Post Guzman