The Problem of Domestic Abuse and Homicide

Abstract

Domestic abuse and domestic homicide are closely related. Most domestic homicides are preceded by domestic abuse, and experts argue that they are predictable (Adams 2007). The worldwide scale of domestic abuse against women is staggering and in some countries up to 71 per cent of women will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime (Bradbury-Jones and Taylor 2013). In the UK the figure is believed to be 1 in 4, and 1 in 3 in Scotland, though Bradbury-Jones and Taylor urge caution when looking at these figures because domestic abuse is widely under-reported. The NSPCC (2014) report over 3,000 calls a year from adolescents experiencing violence in a relationship, and one in ten calls are from boys.KeywordsCriminal JusticeDomestic ViolencePolice OfficerIntimate PartnerCriminal Justice SystemThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.