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Fixing the police’s ‘women problem’
For crimes against women to be taken seriously, women must first be treated with respect. In September last year the Home Secretary, Theresa May, commissioned Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary...
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Conviction rates for domestic violence fall
New data shows that reports of domestic violence have risen, but fewer are leading to successful prosecution. In Warwickshire, 7,434 incidents of domestic violence or rape were reported in 2012-13....
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Call for inquiry into scale of domestic abuse
Two women are killed by a violent partner or ex-partner every week in England and Wales. A toll unchanged in over a decade. In September 2013 the Home Secretary, Theresa May, commissioned Her Majesty’s...
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Taking domestic violence seriously?
Police ‘allow people who commit domestic abuse to avoid getting a criminal record’ with ‘community resolutions’. The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, is to give a speech today outlining the crimes...
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Coercive control could be criminalised
Consultation on reconciling criminal law with the Home Office definition of domestic violence opens. The Domestic Violence Law Reform Campaign celebrated a victory when the Government announced that it...
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Save refuges, save lives
Women’s Aid research shows a 32 per cent shortfall of refuge bed spaces in England. The national domestic violence charity Women’s Aid recently launched an SOS campaign calling on the government to...
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We need to talk about domestic violence
We need to talk about it now, because austerity is making the problem worse. By Ellie Mae O’Hagan. There was a sharp leap in domestic violence in the last quarter of 2013 – with a rise of 15.5 per cent...
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Looking at perpetrator programmes
A new trajectory for domestic violence perpetrator research and interventions? Professors Liz Kelly from London Metropolitan University, Nicole Westmarland from Durham University and Charlotte Watts,...
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New EU rules to help victims of domestic abuse
‘Rights of victims of violence now guaranteed outside their own country’. Victims of violence, especially those who have suffered domestic abuse or stalking, will be guaranteed better protection in any...
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Unequal, trapped and controlled
Financial abuse in the home and Universal Credit. Domestic violence is rooted in the historical status of women in society and in the family, and is recognised internationally as both a consequence and...
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Women, suicide and the UK government
‘New scoring system now deliberately makes it harder for women to qualify for support group than for men.’ The Femicide Census posted recently does not include details of the victims of abuse who kill...
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More cuts ahead for domestic violence services?
Conservative cuts threat to – already overstretched – domestic violence services. The run-up to the national election saw headline-grabbing protests in London over cuts to domestic violence services,...
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Domestic violence archives now online
Shedding Light: Domestic Violence Research in the British Journal of Criminology (1960-2014) During the 1960s and 1970s what we know today as ‘domestic violence’ was largely invisible in the British...
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DV risk assessment tool: training crucial
‘The focus must change and should be on the perpetrator.’ The Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour Based Violence Risk Indicator Checklist (DASH RIC) is a tool used by police services and...
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Dead Women Walking march: 22 November
In essence their murders could have been prevented. The #DeadWomenWalking march aims to raise awareness of the women behind the statistics of domestic violence murders. It is a peaceful, creative...
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Normalising crimes against women
We are a long way off from living in a society where women feel safe and are treated with respect. The effects of harassment, sexual assault and violence against women and girls not being taken...
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We are failing victims of domestic violence
Documentary a heart-breaking insight into another reality of domestic violence. “Stop it, please. No, please don’t.” “If you love me, you’ll know the answer”. “I can’t.” “You can”. “No, baby please”....
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Domestic violence and young people
It can have a negative impact on their development, wellbeing and risk-taking behaviours. SafeLives is running the third of its Spotlights series from now to the middle of March. This one will focus on...
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Focus on perpetrators needed
The question is ‘Why doesn’t he stop?’ Women’s groups, campaigners and assorted sisters have welcomed the publication earlier this week of an authoritative, new joint inspectors’ report on domestic...
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Supported housing funding vital for refuges
Government proposals mean an estimated that four out of 10 refuges will have to close. The single biggest threat to the future of refuges for abused women and children is this government’s proposed...
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Anonymous voter registration made simpler
Changes make it easier for survivors of domestic violence to register to vote anonymously The Houses of Parliament have passed the government’s proposals for changes to anonymous voter registration....
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Domestic abuse victims face Legal Aid issues
‘Victims did not proceed because they were ordered to contribute to the legal costs’ and could not do so. More than 6,000 domestic abuse victims in England have been unable to get emergency court...
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Don’t just walk by if you are worried
Ask if they are ok. Tell someone. Call the police. On New Year’s Day 2019 Karen Ingala Smith recorded the 1,000th woman killed by a man on the website Counting Dead Women which she started seven years...
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How post can enable domestic abuse
People in unsafe or untraditional living situations need safe access to their post. Citizens Advice research has found that half of survivors of domestic abuse have their post intercepted by the...
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Domestic abuse, immigration status and lock-down
Ensure victims are treated as victims first: prioritise safety before immigration status. More than 20 BME specialist frontline services, migrant and human rights organisations have written to the Home...
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