Creating hope: New approaches seek to stem domestic violence
Offender-focused interventions take burden off victims
James is enrolled in a novel court-ordered therapy program that aims to reduce domestic violence. He accepted a diversion deal that will wipe his record clean if he successfully completes two years of probation in June. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Novel therapy program is among new offender-focused interventions that seek to reduce domestic violence.
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Natasha Senjanovic
Natasha Senjanovic is a contributor to the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, for which she produced this story. A Nashville-based journalist and public radio producer, she’s won numerous awards as a news anchor and for reporting on vulnerable populations, including survivors of domestic and sexual violence, at-risk youth and undocumented immigrants. She served as afternoon host for Middle Tennessee NPR station WPLN for three years.
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