'I picked her up by her throat' / BBC, 31 October 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7700257.stm
"The Home Office says it is making "significant progress" in a drive to tackle domestic violence, but concedes that more needs to be done - including in managing perpetrators. One man convicted of assaulting his girlfriend describes being the person who metes out the violence."

National Domestic Violence Delivery Plan: Annual progress report 2007-08 / Departments: Home Office, 31 October 2008
http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/domesticviolence/domesticviolence069.htm
"This report covers progress on early identification of domestic violence, capacity building to improve support for victims and improvements to the way the criminal justice system deals with domestic violence.

Study looks at the lives of boys who commit dating violence / EurekAlert, 14 October 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/uoc--sla101408.php
"A new study sheds light on the lives of teenage boys who abuse their girlfriends. In their own words, the young men often describe facing challenges such as growing up with troubled family lives, having little or no support when they began to fail at school, and witnessing violence in their own homes and communities. The study advocates broadening the view of abusive behaviors within dating relationships to explore the myriad environments — school, home and community — that affect boys' lives and actions."

Schemes for giving public information on paedophiles add to risk, says Barnardo’s / The Times, September 15 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4753637.ece
"A pilot scheme that will allow the public to seek information about paedophiles may put youngsters at greater risk of attack, a leading children’s charity has cautioned. The Home Office scheme will give parents, carers and guardians the right to seek information from the police about whether a person with unrestricted contact with their children has a record for child sex offences or domestic violence."

New funding for projects tackling domestic violence / 24dash.com, 25 September 2008
http://digbig.com/4xpgx
"Projects tackling violence against women and children can look forward to their efforts being bolstered, thanks to £720,000 of funding agreed by London Councils.
The Women’s Resource Centre has been awarded a grant of £600,000 which will enable the centre to provide important advice, training and support to organisations that help women and children who have been victims of abuse."

Housing project to support victims of domestic violence and forced marriages / 24dash.com, 2 September 2008
http://digbig.com/4xpge
"A new initiative to provide support for victims of domestic violence and forced marriages has been launched in Birmingham.
Throughcare Housing and Support is a charity project that provides accommodation and support for victims, and has already received backing from the Police Domestic Violence Unit, the Crown Prosecution Service as well as local and national government."

Over 1 in 4 South African men report using physical violence against their female partners / EurekAlert, 8 September 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/cmaj-o1i090308.php
"A first-ever, national study conducted in South Africa found that 27.5 percent of men who have ever been married or lived with a partner report perpetrating physical violence against their current or most recent female partner. This study http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg535.pdf,led by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, and the University of Cape Town in South Africa, appears in the September 9, 2008, issue of CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal.)"

Violence against women impairs children's health / EurekAlert, 11 September 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/uu-vaw091108.php
"Violence against women in a family also has serious consequences for the children's growth, health, and survival. Kajsa Åsling Monemi from Uppsala University has studied women and their children in Bangladesh and Nicaragua and shows, among other things, that children whose mothers are exposed to violence grow less and are sick more often than other children."

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland Thematic Inspection: Domestic Abuse / Scottish Government, 27 August 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1101/0064740.pdf

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..."

Domestic violence laws fail to increase convictions/ Independent, 16 August 2008

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/domestic-violence-laws-fail-to-increase-convictions-898973.html

"The Government admits its policy on domestic violence may have deterred some women from making complaints. Labour's flagship reforms to protect women from domestic violence have failed to increase criminal convictions, a government study has found.
Tough laws unveiled in 2003 were hailed by ministers as the "biggest overhaul of legislation on domestic violence in 30 years"."

Early Evaluation of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 / Ministry of Justice, 14 August 2008

"This study was commissioned to provide an early evaluation of some of the measures of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. The report focuses on the three measures of the Act that were implemented during the evaluation period: making common assault an arrestable offence, making it an arrestable, criminal offence to breach a non-molestation order and extending the civil law on domestic violence."

report http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/domestic-violence-report-2004.pdf

A scourge that touches everyone There should be help and support for all victims of domestic violence, regardless of their gender / Guardian.co.uk, August 01 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/01/ukcrime.gender?gusrc=rss&feed=society

"All forms of domestic violence – psychological, economic, emotional and physical – come from the abuser's desire for power and control over other family members or intimate partners. Domestic violence is the result of an abuser's desire for power and control."

Children’s and young people’s experiences of domestic violence involving adults in a parenting role / Social Care Institute for Excellence, June 2008
PDF - http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/briefings/files/scare25.pdf
SCIE Research briefing 25

New domestic violence campaign urges women to spot 'early warning signs' / 24dash.com, 5 August 2008
http://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2008-08-05-New-domestic-violence-campaign-urges-women-to-spot-early-warning-signs
"Campaigners against domestic violence have launched a new campaign urging women to look out for early warning signs of abuse."

Domestic Abuse Wave 11 - 2007/08 Post Campaign Evaluation / Scottish Parliament, July 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/232317/0063562.pdf
Domestic Abuse 2007/08: Post-Campaign Evaluation Report / Scottish Parliament, July 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/232321/0063563.pdf

Crime: Map shows domestic violence is everywhere/ The Guardian, July 30 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jul/30/ukcrime.police?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews

"Humberside police service recorded the highest number of women murdered by their partners, and the City of London police the lowest, in the past five years, according to a new map of murder rates across England and Wales published by the government's Equalities Unit yesterday."

Domestic violence factsheet
http://www.equalities.gov.uk/publications/7825-TSO-Domestic%20Violence%20FACTSHEET.pdf

A huge job for the boys: The minister for police, security and community safety tells Julie Bindel how he wants men to take a more responsible attitude towards domestic and sexual violence against women - and to spread the word to others
/The Guardian, July 30 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jul/29/interview.vernoncoaker?gusrc=rss&feed=society

"Vernon Coaker, junior Home Office minister responsible for police, security and community safety, is championing in parliament a campaign, aimed at men, against domestic and sexual violence. "The majority of men don't abuse women, but there is a responsibility on men to speak up and speak out about it," he says. "The noise that men have made about it in the past has never been loud enough. I think that's a perspective I can bring to the whole discussion."

Overhaul of murder laws to protect victims of domestic violence / Independent.co.uk, 29 July 2008

"Women who kill abusive partners could escape conviction for murder if they can prove they lived in "fear of serious violence" under an overhaul of the homicide laws announced today. A further defence against murder charges which allows people to argue they were driven to kill by "words and conduct" that left them "seriously wronged" will also be made available to defendants."

Women’s Changing Lives: Priorities for the Ministers for Women: One Year On Progress Report / Government Equalities Office, July 2008
PDF - http://www.equalities.gov.uk/publications/7783-TSO-ChangeWomensLives(P).pdf
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