Police target controlling behaviour in latest domestic abuse initiative

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm22nd September 2016

The Independent Legislation aimed at tackling a range of conducts, including controlling victims through social media, spying on them online or stopping them from socialising At the end of last year new laws were introduced to tackle perpetrators who subject spouses, partners or other family members to ‘controlling or coercive’ behaviour Rex Features Frontline police will…

Prison violence at ‘wholly unacceptable’ level, ombudsman finds

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm22nd September 2016

The Guardian Official inquiry highlights a record six homicides and a 38% increase in assaults involving weapons in 2015-16 There were 4,000 assaults involving a blade or other weapon in English and Welsh prisons in 2015-16. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images An official inquiry has criticised the “wholly unacceptable level of violence” in English and Welsh…