UK Channel 5 documentaries highlight the effects of domestic violence

A new documentary was aired  in the UK by Channel 5 which focuses on domestic violence.  Two women Hazel and Kellys’ stories are told using footage gathered by the police officer’s body cameras who attend the scene, taped recordings of the women’s 999 calls and interviews with the women in the months that follow their last …

NSPCC calls for the law to recognise children as victims of DV

Data suggests that around 250,000 children currently living with domestic violence in England but they are not treated as victims. The NSPCC is calling for a change in the law to recognise the life long effects of experiencing DV in the household as a child. They commented that the current proposals “ignore the effect growing up …