challenging institutional disbelief around domestic & sexual violence and abuse
We’re planning to write about mitigation used in court cases & we need your help! We’re looking for: Media reports where abusers used excuses for their behaviour (example – intoxication, debt, mental ill health – this is a good example) Research analysing the ‘mitigating factors’ used as part of a defence Court transcripts detailing mitigation […]
A domestic violence review comes after a number of high profile cases where protection for victims fell below expected standards. Why has it taken Home Secretary, Theresa May so long to commission Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) to carry out an inspection into how police forces are responding to domestic violence? Domestic violence is not a […]
I have a big mouth (I’m told). I don’t hold back from voicing my opinions, and it’s not an easy task to shut me up. Because of this, I have regularly been the target of misogynist abuse. We all know that if you stick your head above the parapet and shout about male violence, sexual […]
Where do our values come from? Mine were instilled by my relatives, primary carers, educators and peers. These values contribute to how we view domestic & sexual violence and abuse; they contribute to those internalised views that we hold, and those that we externalise to others. How many of us can honestly say, (and I […]
I currently live in the USA, a military wife stationed overseas but I often stream British television over the internet; it’s a comfort, it keeps me company while I potter around the house. Today I was eating lunch and catching up with the evening news on BBC One, and when that finished I left it […]
I don’t get it. Funny thing about abusive relationships- there can be both good times and bad times. Or you hold onto the good times. You convince yourself that things are not as bad as they seem, that you aren’t as miserable, trapped and terrified as you suspect you are. You convince yourself, just as […]
This post was triggered by twitter and a comment made by @CratesNRibbons that male celebrities that abuse women are forgiven but female celebrities that have addictions or that put on weight are hated I replied with ‘Yes, but you’ve missed out that the women that are abused are pitied then hated again because it was […]
We have been in discussion with Voice 4 Victims, who are campaigning for victims’ rights to be placed into statutory law. Voice 4 Victims need to hear from you if you have experience of problems within the Criminal Justice System. This could be – failure of police to take your case seriously, CPS failures, lack […]