<![CDATA[Too many victims of domestic abuse, calling for help from the emergency services are arrested themselves, either because police believe their abusers not them, or because in a distressed state they are accused of assaulting emergency service workers.]]>Too many victims of domestic abuse, calling for help from the emergency services are arrested themselves, either because police believe their abusers not them, or because in a distressed state they are accused of assaulting emergency service workers.

To say that we are still not getting it anywhere near right on domestic abuse is an under-statement - too often abusers are effectively being colluded with.

This needs to change!


https://www.opendemocracy.net/domestic-abuse-victims-jail-theresa-may-conservatives/

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