Dominican Professor Earns Award, Respect for Domestic Violence Prevention Work
Charlie Stoops has spent a career looking at big picture solutions to household violence.
Victims of domestic violence in many cases need professional help, resources, sympathy and therapy. But what about the abusers? It’s a potentially unpopular stance — both socially and while fighting for program funding — but it’s a major part of Dominican University instructor Charlie Stoops' big picture approach to curbing domestic violence. Dawn Dalton, executive director of the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network, said the battle for funding has in the past split the two sides. "[The sentiment was] 'that’s great that we need money for abuser services, but don’t take it away from victim services,'" she said. Fast forward about 15 years and Stoops is being hailed as a visionary. Recently, he was honored during a Battered …
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