Talk:Family Violence
Hi JP and Nate
I have made several substantive changes here that you will need to check, JP.
Point 6 is about a technical problem, for Nate.
JP, you will see I have added some resources - I am afraid that the generic lists of resources at the bottom of this section may not get readers to core publications. . . and that would be a shame.
1. Re calling police if you have suffered abuse, I have taken the liberty of including reference to two LSS resources here. See what you think.
2. Re groups like Battered Women's Support Services - these days the go-to is VictimLink - I added a paragraph about that - standard VictimLink language.
3. In terms of a "safe house" I have referred to developing a safety plan as well as to the possibility of leaving the home and going to a safe place. (Safety plans are big these days.)
4. At the end of the part on protection orders, I included a reference to the booklet For Your Protection. (main ministry book on the topic)
5. At the end of child protection (end of copy) I again took the liberty of including reference to an LSS publication, Parents' Rights, Kids' Rights.
6. In terms of resources, I took out the Dial-a-Law Dating Violence script and added the LSS family law website stuff on child protection (bigger bang for your buck; this section is not about dating). But the text does not seem to be fitting inside the text box - you can see the problem in View. (I hunted about to try to solve this but could not.)
7. This is quite outside the realm of copy editing, but I found it a bit odd that a chapter on Family Violence would start off with a discussion of tort law. . . If I was doing a substantive edit, I would move up the call the police, call VictimLink to be the lead items, and move on from there.
