Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Housing association launches new measures to tackle domestic violence / 24dash.com, 22 August 2008
http://www.24dash.com/news/Housing/2008-08-22-Housing-association-launches-new-measures-to-tackle-domestic-violence
"New life-saving measures to protect residents from domestic abuse have been launched by Merlin Housing Society. Two women are killed by their current or former partners every week in the UK, and one in four women will fall victim in their lifetimes to domestic violence. And yet only a third of victims report the crime. The rest will suffer in silence, perhaps thinking that there is no one who can help them. Today, Merlin Housing Society has announced new procedures designed to change..."