New powers could be given to the police and courts in Scotland to remove those suspected of domestic abuse from the homes of anyone at risk, the country’s First Minister
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Routine safety checks on the dangers offenders could pose to children, their partners and the public are not being carried out as probation officers buckle under the pressure of overwhelming
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Franziska Meinck from the SPS Social Work team at The University of Edinburgh has received a prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant for a study on the transmission of violence
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Scotland’s ban on smacking has been passed on what has been hailed as a “momentous day for children’s rights”. Children’s campaigners were amongst those who welcomed the passage of the
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Theresa May has urged MPs to seize a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to help domestic abuse survivors by passing “landmark” new laws. The former prime minister used her Commons first speech since
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At least 200,000 people over the age of 60 are the victim of domestic abuse each year, according to a new report. The Age UK study said the figure is
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Hundreds of children in care are being “marched back” to visit their abusive parents and a majority of foster families want to see the practice made illegal, research suggests. More
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The number of cases coming to family courts is falling but domestic abuse applications are on the rise, figures show. In April to June, 64,813 new cases started in family
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The Attorney General has apologised for appearing to make a “joke” about domestic violence. Responding to an urgent question in the Commons on the legal advice he gave the Government
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The Government has “apologised unreservedly” for “unacceptable failings” in probation services which contributed to a five-year-old boy being beaten to death by his mother’s boyfriend. An inquest into the death
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