Police fail domestic abuse victims - HMIC report

fishypants · Mar 27, 2014

Police fail domestic abuse victims - HMIC report

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26758565

Of 600 domestic assault files, half did not include pictures of injuries - a standard piece of evidence for a prosecution - the report said.

HMIC said police received more than one million calls a year relating to domestic abuse and almost 58,000 victims - the vast majority of them women - were at risk of serious harm or murder. It said three women a fortnight were being killed by a partner or former partner and a third of all assaults recorded by the police related to domestic violence.

In an exceptionally critical report, HMIC said chief officers must recognise that domestic abuse constituted a major problem that demanded comparable resources and focus to those devoted to tackling other high volume crimes such as burglary.

The report said only eight out of 43 forces were responding well to domestic abuse.

HMIC said that victims faced a "lottery" in how they were treated.

White Tara · Mar 27, 2014

One million calls a year is so disturbing.

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