Domestic abuse services
…(Women’s Aid, 2024). Specialist advocacy in the justice system Analysis from the Justice, Inequality and Gender Based Violence project showed the value and impact of specialist advocacy for victims of…
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Why data matters when talking about domestic abuse
…forms of inequality intersect with sexual inequality to affect a woman’s experiences of domestic abuse. Structural inequalities also cause the barriers and discrimination often faced in accessing support and justice…
Women’s Aid responds to the HMICFRS review of policing domestic abuse during the pandemic
…may increase the likelihood of victims disengaging from the criminal justice process. HMICFRS has recommended that the police should: immediately review why so many domestic abuse cases are discontinued, and…
Criminalisation of coercive control reaches six-year anniversary
…editors 1 Domestic abuse and the criminal justice system – Published by ONS, 2021 Domestic abuse and the criminal justice system – Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) 2 Domestic abuse…
Queen’s speech: Victims’ bill
…the Queen’s speech of the victims’ bill, which is designed to improve the experience and rights of victims in the criminal justice system. We know that the rights of survivors…
Former Police Officer sentenced to minimum of 30 years
…their lives. It will not restore the grave lack of trust that women currently have in the police and criminal justice system to protect them. Carrick was a serving police…
Criminalisation of coercive control reaches eight-year anniversary
…of survivors who experience it see justice being done. We must do more to hold perpetrators accountable. It is positive to see that police recorded coercive control offences are rising…
Women’s Aid responds to quarterly CPS data on domestic abuse prosecutions
…by 2.7%, which serves to further undermine women’s trust in the criminal justice system. Lucy Hadley, head of policy at Women’s Aid comments: “It is disheartening to…
Women’s Aid responds to Victim Survey 2023
Women’s Aid responds to Victim Survey 2023 Sarah Davidge, Head of Research and Evaluation at Women’s Aid said: “The latest Victim Survey highlights the desperate need for the criminal justice…
Women’s Aid respond to the Office of National Statistics’ overview of domestic abuse in England and Wales
…domestic abuse-related cases from the police to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the increase in the CPS domestic abuse-related charging rate, attrition remains unacceptably high in the criminal justice…