Domestic violence is a critical issue across the United States, with Nevada experiencing its own unique challenges and responses to this pervasive problem. In Nevada, domestic violence is defined as the occurrence of certain acts between spouses, former spouses, persons related by blood or marriage, persons who reside or have resided together, persons who have a child in common, or persons who are or were in a dating relationship. The acts include but are not limited to assault, battery, coercion, stalking, and other forms of physical, emotional, or psychological abuse.
Prevalence in Nevada
Nevada has historically had one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the United States. This troubling distinction highlights the urgency and importance of addressing domestic violence within the state. Factors contributing to the high incidence may include social, economic, and legal aspects that affect family dynamics and individual behaviors.
Legal Framework
The legal system in Nevada has established a comprehensive framework to address and prevent domestic violence. This includes laws that:
- Define domestic violence and related acts broadly to ensure comprehensive coverage.
- Provide for protective orders (also known as restraining orders) to prevent further abuse. These orders can prohibit the abuser from coming near the victim, contacting the victim, or even remove them from a shared residence.
- Impose penalties on offenders that range from fines and community service to jail time, depending on the severity of the offense and the offender's criminal history.
- Mandate arrest in situations where there is probable cause to believe that domestic violence has occurred, which is part of a "pro-arrest" policy aimed at protecting victims.
- Require convicted domestic violence offenders to complete counseling programs focused on batterer's intervention.
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A(115 rec) B(216 rec) C(223 rec) D(113 rec) E(55 rec) F(72 rec) G(166 rec) H(156 rec) I(18 rec) J(85 rec) K(77 rec) L(130 rec) M (275) rec) N(51 rec) o(42 rec) P(152 rec) Q(5 rec) R(186 rec) S(265 rec) T(111 rec) U(10 rec) V(65 rec) W(132 rec) Y(9 rec) Z(18 rec)| Name | Arrest | Photo |
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| Gwendolyn Kay Merrihue Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 51 More Information >>> | Arrested Dec 17, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jason Wesley Metune Arrest Age 33 More Information >>> | Arrested Dec 16, 2016 • arr for viol of cond of parole • dom battery,1st | |
| Samuel Edward Meyer Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 49 More Information >>> | Arrested Nov 16, 2015 • domestic battery,2nd • dom battery by strangulation,e/vop • false imprisonment • prev/diss rpt crime/cause pros/arr • contempt of court |  |
| Jose Meza Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 48 More Information >>> | Arrested Apr 24, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jason Edward Miadors Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 42 More Information >>> | Arrested Jun 28, 2015 • domestic battery,3+ |  |
| Stephen John Michaels Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 60 More Information >>> | Arrested Oct 15, 2015 • dom battery by strangulation | |
| Neamoubi Mickle Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 36 More Information >>> | Arrested Feb 27, 2016 • dom battery,1st • resist pub off | |
| Clinton Harvey Midgley Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 44 More Information >>> | Arrested Sep 26, 2015 • dom battery,1st • dui,above legal limit,1st • duty to stop acdnt w/att veh/prp dmg | |
| Simaima Mila Arrest Age 27 More Information >>> | Arrested Nov 24, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jeremy Militello Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 26 More Information >>> | Arrested Jul 24, 2015 • dom battery by strangulation | |
| Jeremy Matthew Militello Bond: $2500 Arrest Age 26 More Information >>> | Arrested Mar 01, 2016 • dom battery by strangulation | |
| Erica Miller Bond: $6000 Arrest Age 40 More Information >>> | Arrested Feb 23, 2016 • dom battery,1st,e/vop | |
| Gary Lee Miller Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 59 More Information >>> | Arrested May 08, 2015 • dom battery,1st • intercp/intrp/dely msg via phone lin | |
| Jarrod James Miller Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 40 More Information >>> | Arrested May 31, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jermaine Clark Miller Bond: $2000 Arrest Age 38 More Information >>> | Arrested Jun 24, 2015 • dui,above legal limit,1st • basic speed-1-10mph over posted lmt • careless driving • obt/use others id to avd/delay pros • viol domestic violence tpo • warr 4 viol cond of suspension |  |
| Pamela Miller Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 53 More Information >>> | Arrested Jun 22, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Reginald Miller Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 35 More Information >>> | Arrested Aug 01, 2015 • poss sch i,ii,iii,iv c/s,1st/2nd • resist pub off • false stmt to/obstruct pub off • domestic battery,3+ • criminal contempt |  |
| Todd William Miller Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 51 More Information >>> | Arrested Aug 06, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Ariel Cristina Miller-Malchow Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 21 More Information >>> | Arrested Apr 16, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Joel Miramontes Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 22 More Information >>> | Arrested Oct 15, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Renee Colleen Mistak Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 33 More Information >>> | Arrested Oct 19, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Scott Alexander Mistak Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 31 More Information >>> | Arrested Jul 04, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Scott Mistak Bond: $2500 Arrest Age 31 More Information >>> | Arrested Nov 01, 2015 • false imprisonment • dom battery,1st | |
| Scott Mistak Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 31 More Information >>> | Arrested Aug 30, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Gerald Mitchell Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 48 More Information >>> | Arrested Sep 14, 2015 • viol domestic violence tpo |  |
| Marcus Alexander Mitchell Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 53 More Information >>> | Arrested Apr 04, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Tyrone Van Mitchell Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 47 More Information >>> | Arrested Sep 20, 2016 • domestic battery,2nd |  |
| Paul Mock Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 39 More Information >>> | Arrested Sep 20, 2015 • dom battery by strangulation • sexual assault | |
| Vincente Modesto Arrest Age 41 More Information >>> | Arrested Jan 23, 2016 • viol domestic violence epo |  |
| Vincente Pedro Modesto Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 41 More Information >>> | Arrested Jan 14, 2016 • dom battery,1st • contempt of municipal court | |
| Frank Curiel Mojica Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 57 More Information >>> | Arrested Dec 12, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Sione Seleti Mokofisi Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 56 More Information >>> | Arrested May 24, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Tevita Hamilton Mokofisi Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 39 More Information >>> | Arrested Aug 22, 2016 • dom battery,1st • battery on protected pers • resist pub off | |
| Tevita Mokofisi Bond: $2500 Arrest Age 20 More Information >>> | Arrested Aug 22, 2016 • probation violation • battery on protected pers • resist pub off • dom battery,1st • fta on traffic citation | |
| Troy Robert Monroe Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 33 More Information >>> | Arrested Jan 19, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Vanessa Montano-Valdez Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 19 More Information >>> | Arrested May 11, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Luis Montelongo-Puentes Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 47 More Information >>> | Arrested Oct 09, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jose Alberto Montes Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 25 More Information >>> | Arrested Aug 28, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Christopher John Montgomery Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 32 More Information >>> | Arrested Oct 09, 2015 • domestic battery,2nd |  |
| Haley Montgomery Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 18 More Information >>> | Arrested Sep 23, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Charlotte Ann Montoya Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 30 More Information >>> | Arrested May 03, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Felipe Andres Montoya Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 20 More Information >>> | Arrested Jul 13, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jackson Moody Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 32 More Information >>> | Arrested Jan 13, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Rashen Devon Moody Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 25 More Information >>> | Arrested Sep 11, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Casey Curtis Moore Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 27 More Information >>> | Arrested Oct 28, 2016 • dom battery by strangulation • assault,w/dw • prev/diss rpt crime/cause pros/arr • false imprisonment • fta after bail,felony crime • arr 4 viol o/probation | |
| Jason Lee Moore Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 29 More Information >>> | Arrested Apr 08, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jeffrey Allen Moore Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 37 More Information >>> | Arrested May 29, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jeffrey Moore Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 37 More Information >>> | Arrested May 13, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jill Kristine Moore Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 42 More Information >>> | Arrested Oct 08, 2016 • dom battery,1st • resist pub off | |
| Mandie Lynn Moore Bond: $10000 Arrest Age 20 More Information >>> | Arrested Aug 28, 2015 • arr for viol of cond of or release • contempt of court • dom battery,1st | |
| Roland Reynard Moore Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 33 More Information >>> | Arrested Jul 28, 2015 • dom battery,1st • destroy prop of another,$250-5k | |
| Trayvon Moore-Davis Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 22 More Information >>> | Arrested Sep 26, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Aldo Mora-Mendoza Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 39 More Information >>> | Arrested Jan 03, 2016 • dom battery by strangulation | |
| Jesse Nathaniel Moraga Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 22 More Information >>> | Arrested Apr 20, 2015 • dom battery by strangulation • coerce w/force or threat of force • false imprisonment • fta on traffic citation | |
| Henry Jose Morales Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 25 More Information >>> | Arrested Feb 16, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Francisco Morales-Barajas Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 56 More Information >>> | Arrested Jul 27, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jose Rafael Morales-Martinez Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 31 More Information >>> | Arrested Feb 25, 2016 • dom battery,1st • child abuse or neglect,1st | |
| Elinore G Moran Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 28 More Information >>> | Arrested Dec 17, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| John Alan Morehead Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 51 More Information >>> | Arrested Oct 03, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Emerson Moreno Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 30 More Information >>> | Arrested Oct 04, 2016 • dom battery by strangulation | |
| Erik Moreno Bond: $20000 Arrest Age 19 More Information >>> | Arrested Feb 07, 2015 • domestic battery w/use dw |  |
| George Ramon Moreno Bond: $2500 Arrest Age 41 More Information >>> | Arrested May 31, 2016 • false imprisonment • dom battery,1st | |
| George Ramon Moreno Arrest Age 41 More Information >>> | Arrested Nov 14, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Raul Moreno Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 24 More Information >>> | Arrested Aug 16, 2015 • domestic battery,2nd • battery w/dw |  |
| Irene Moreno-Hernandez Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 21 More Information >>> | Arrested Mar 06, 2016 • dom battery,1st • ftp/comply w/ court order | |
| Mark Morey Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 25 More Information >>> | Arrested May 31, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Cynthia Ann Morgan Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 53 More Information >>> | Arrested Oct 17, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Cynthia Ann Morgan Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 53 More Information >>> | Arrested Sep 11, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Jacob James Morgan Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 36 More Information >>> | Arrested Feb 02, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Timothy Neal Morgan Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 54 More Information >>> | Arrested Apr 21, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| William Lee Morgan Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 68 More Information >>> | Arrested Apr 22, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| James Keith Moriarty Bond: $7500 Arrest Age 45 More Information >>> | Arrested Mar 20, 2015 • viol domestic violence epo • criminal contempt |  |
| James Moriarty Bond: $10000 Arrest Age 46 More Information >>> | Arrested Nov 03, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Orson Eugene Morin Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 40 More Information >>> | Arrested May 16, 2015 • dom battery,1st • arr 4 viol o/probation/cond o/susp s | |
| Brian Thomas Morlet Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 26 More Information >>> | Arrested Mar 15, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Donna Marie Morr Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 54 More Information >>> | Arrested May 28, 2016 • domestic battery,2nd |  |
| Ian Dane Morrell Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 26 More Information >>> | Arrested Apr 07, 2015 • dom battery,1st | |
| Annie Lynne Morris Arrest Age 35 More Information >>> | Arrested Nov 02, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Annie Lynne Morris Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 35 More Information >>> | Arrested Mar 09, 2016 • dom battery,1st | |
| Stevie Lamont Morris Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 24 More Information >>> | Arrested Aug 25, 2016 • dom battery,2nd | |
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Support and Resources
Nevada offers a variety of support services and resources for victims of domestic violence. These include:
- Shelters and Safe Houses: Providing temporary housing and safety for victims escaping abusive situations.
- Counseling Services: Offering emotional support and therapy for victims and their children.
- Legal Aid: Assisting victims with the legal process, including filing for protective orders and navigating the court system.
- Hotlines: Offering 24/7 support and information to victims in need.
Challenges and Efforts for Improvement
Despite the measures in place, Nevada continues to face challenges in effectively combating domestic violence. These challenges include ensuring adequate funding for support services, improving the legal response to domestic violence cases, and overcoming the stigma that may prevent victims from seeking help.
Efforts to improve the situation include increasing public awareness about domestic violence, enhancing training for law enforcement and judicial officials, and strengthening community resources for victims. Additionally, there is an ongoing push for legislative reforms to provide greater protection for victims and to hold offenders more accountable for their actions.
Conclusion
Domestic violence in Nevada is a significant issue that requires the concerted effort of the legal system, support services, and the community at large to address effectively. While challenges remain, the state's comprehensive approach to tackling domestic violence through legal measures, support for victims, and public education campaigns demonstrates a commitment to reducing the prevalence of abuse and supporting those affected by it.