La Crosse, WI, USA
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Worked as a Multimedia Journalist at Northwestern University's Medill News Service while receiving my Masters. I reported on health, politics, culture and business and focused on documentary filmmaking. I majored in Biology at Loyola University Chicago while working as a research assistant studying cataracts at Rush University Medical Center. I taught ESL students in Egypt for two years while working as a freelancer writer and content editor.
Domestic violence continues to be a gendered crime in La Crosse County. “Overall, women bear the brunt of violence in our society in La Crosse,” La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke said. Eighty percent of those convicted of domestic violence charges in La Crosse County between 2013 and 2016 were men, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
To end domestic violence, the criminal justice system needs to recognize the complications not just for victims, but also the accused, according to La Crosse area experts. Both defense attorneys and the La Crosse District Attorney’s Office say more resources for offenders and those who work to rehabilitate them could move the needle.
Ann Kappauf didn’t know she was a survivor of domestic violence until 15 years after she left her abuser. While going through the application process for New Horizons, where she now works as executive director, Kappauf was asked the question that sparked the realization. “I interviewed for a supervisor position and one
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