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Domestic violence prosecutions clumsy and costly

Everyone involved in domestic abuse wants to stop it. But there is huge disagreement about how to do so. Many campaigners feel that domestic abuse would stop if all incidents were prosecuted, if...

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Violent crime. Up for women, down for men

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1.2 million women face sexual and physical abuse

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Anti-austerity women shut down London street

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Dodgy DVDS: some problems with the national roll-out of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme

Jamie Grace highlights apparent early flaws in implementing a new policy move In November 2013 the Home Secretary announced that from March 2014 the ‘right to ask’ and ‘right to know’ strands of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (the Scheme) would be operated nationally under existing police...

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What's this got to do with violence against women?

My current mantra when training professionals in responding to domestic and sexual violence is ‘if you think a client is ‘difficult’, ‘hostile’ or to use the standard...

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Domestic violence prosecutions clumsy and costly

Violent crime. Up for women, down for men

1.2 million women face sexual and physical abuse

Anti-austerity women shut down London street

Dodgy DVDS: some problems with the national roll-out of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme

What's this got to do with violence against women?

Ineffective police response towards domestic violence