Responding to the findings of the HMICFRS report which calls for violence against women and girls to be treated with the same priority as terrorism, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, said now was the time to take action. In its report commissioned by the Home Secretary, HMICFRS recommended a series of improvements that the …
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, has issued a response to the government’s Violence and Women and Girls Strategy which was published today: “The urgent need to tackle the epidemic scale of violence against women and girls has never been more pressing. In the wake of the murders of Sarah Everard, Nicole Smallman and Bibaa …
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner is calling for urgent long-term funding and more dedicated specialist court support after a new report revealed that 89 per cent of domestic abuse survivors don’t get any support when they go through the family courts. The report also found that 71 per cent of domestic abuse survivors don’t get any …
“The family and criminal court system retraumatises victims”, according to a new report Read More »
The Government has apologised to rape victims for low conviction rates today as it published its long-awaited end-to-end rape review. It has outlined plans to overhaul the criminal justice system’s response to rape and sexual violence. It has promised to return prosecution rates to 2016 levels which I believe should be “our absolute minimum level …
The first lockdown was downright dangerous for domestic abuse victims – male and female. I am genuinely afraid that this lockdown could be even more deadly. The risk has only gone up dramatically: dark nights, short days and many people’s mental health and resilience are already at rock bottom. It’s the perfect storm for victims …
