DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEMINAR PLANNED.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Daily News Staff Writer A daylong seminar focusing on the history of domestic violence in Ventura County and the cycle of violence will be held Saturday at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . District Attorney Michael D. Bradbury and members of his Victim Service Unit are scheduled to speak at the health seminar to be given between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts auditorium, 7075 Campus Road. Bradbury said Wednesday that when he began working with Moorpark College instructor MoDean McCullough 25 years ago to shine a light on domestic violence, attitudes toward the crimes was much different. ``The law was almost winked at by law enforcement then,'' he said Wednesday. ``You had the male law enforcement agency Noun 1. law enforcement agency - an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation - a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice siding with the male batterers. And in the rare incident when someone did get arrested, the following Monday morning, the victim was in our office begging us to drop the charges. The response to that was we dropped the case. ``We are light-years from that now,'' he said. Since the early 1990s, the District Attorney's Office has prosecuted an average of 2,000 domestic violence cases per year countywide. In 1993, there were between 1,000 and 1,200 cases; that number jumped to 1,600 in 1994. In 1995 and 1996, the number was about 1,900. Last year, the office prosecuted approximately 1,800 cases. Advocates from the Victim Services Unit assist in an average of 3,000 restraining orders restraining order: see injunction. per year. Officials said the increased awareness of the crimes has likely been the cause of the rise in the number of reported offenses. McCullough said she established the one-day course last year as part of a series of lectures on issues of health and safety. The response to it was so positive she decided to discuss the topic on a regular basis. Also scheduled to address the class this year is Nancy L. Regas, an expert on teen dating violence Dating Violence is defined as the perpetration or threat of an act of violence by at least one member of an unmarried couple on the other member within the context of dating or courtship. from the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. , and Marina Pisklakova, a leading domestic violence and women's rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and activist in Russia. The seminar begins at 7:30 a.m. and costs $18. To enroll, call (805) 378-1457 or (805) 378-1496. |
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