A redefinition of domestic violence was announced by Nick Clegg, Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, on Sept 18. Victims of abuse aged 16-17 years will be recognised alongside adults, and the definition of abuse broadens to "any incident or pattern...of controlling, coercive or threatening ...
but a new YouGov poll found that one in seven Labour voters now regret their choice. Nearly two-thirds of all voters say Starmer's decision to accept freebies for his wife was unacceptable.■
We’ve known for years that a relatively small number of families are the source of a large proportion of the problems in society. Drug addiction. Alcohol abuse. Crime. A culture of disruption and irresponsibility that cascades through generations. We’ve always known that these families cost an...
Awareness of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) as a problem among military personnel (serving and veterans) has grown in recent years, and there is a need for research to inform improvements in the identification of and response to DVA in this population
This is because not all crimes (e.g. domestic abuse) are reported to the police and because patterns of report- ing may have changed during the lockdown. Additional insight may also be gained about patterns of offending, and concerns about this, from analysis of data posted to social media...
Abstract. There is a widely repeated claim that victims of domestic abuse suffer an average of 35 incidents prior to someone calling the police. This claim
Background Domestic violence in men who have sex with men (MSM) is common and associated with adverse health consequences. This study aims to (i) explore the nature and impact of domestic abuse in gay and bisexual men attending a UK sexual health clinic and (ii) explore men's views on ...
Most recently, governments have sought to make data available in digital formats that can be easily re-used – known as open data. The government portaldata.gov.uknow hosts more than 46,000 datasets covering a whole range of topics from departmental spending to health and safety statistics and...
One of the hidden tragedies of lockdown has been the increase in domestic abuse. So I’m announcing today an extra £19 million – on top of the £125 million we announced at the Spending Review – for domestic violence programmes to reduce the risk of reoffending, and to pilot a ne...
( 2006 ), “ Responding to the needs of older women experiencing domestic violence ”, Violence Against Women, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 251 - 67 . [] []J. McGarry, C. Simpson, K. Hinsliff-Smith, An exploration of service responses to domestic abuse among older people: findings from one...