US states propose domestic violence registries – but could they harm women?

Tennessee leads way but experts say offender registry could provide a false sense of security – and identify victims When Amanda Martin started dating Christopher Cendroski, whose family has described him as “big-hearted”, she had no idea he had been arrested for domestic assault. Had she known, she said she never would become involved with him. A few months into their relationship, which began in 2011, Cendroski started beating Martin, and in May 2012, he nearly choked her to death, she said. P