Is there such a thing as non-violence? TFC’s own Jackie Brennan has a definite opinion, and it might surprise you.

The acclaimed documentary chronicles a community’s investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system that ignites a reckoning in the lives of survivors and descendants.

TFC’s Eric Parsons discusses risk factors indicating a domestic violence victim is likely to experience severe physical assault or homicide.

TFC’s Eric Parsons covers the basics about stalking, including a definition, example behaviors, the danger associated with it, and how...

TFC’s Jaime Gabrielli dives into strangulation, a deadly but often misunderstood form of violence that can be interpreted, for good reason, as “a practice homicide.”

Our new resource page is an excellent starting place to learn what an Order of Protection is, what to expect when you file one, and how The Friendship Center can help with the process.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious crime with far-reaching impacts. Take the quiz to test your knowledge.

One of Montana’s most high-profile missing person cases is the backdrop of a 2024 court decision that could have statewide implications for violent offenders’ access to firearms. Connie Walker’s reporting between 2020 and 2023 offers valuable insight into the June 2018 disappearance of Jermain Charlo, the ongoing investigation, and the firearms case that stemmed from it.

Our new resource page is an excellent starting place to learn more about the signs and risks of strangulation, and how to get help after being choked, strangled, or injured.

Thanks to a new partnership with Lewis & Clark Humane Society, The Friendship Center is now able to offer temporary, safe housing for pets at no cost to our clients.

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The Friendship Center provided 8,792 services to 729 known individuals in 2024.

The literary memoir MAD WIFE chronicles the insidious loss of power and control that can play out over the course of a 20-year relationship.

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Learn why intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is a common but often overlooked tactic abusers use to maintain power and control.

"It is hard to know peace with the shadow of stalking there every step I take. Hard, but not impossible.”

Check out the stories, Q&As, and issue-specific deep dives from The Friendship Center’s blog that our readers visited the most in 2024.

Learn how you can help us expand our services with a contiguous campus between our current facility and our old home across the street.

Learn how some of the prevailing ideas of regional identity in the American West continue to put our communities in harm’s way.

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich's 2017 hybrid of memoir and true crime considers if the stories that define us can ever contain the whole truth.