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Wednesday 2 May 2012

Domestic Violence Law to include 16 year olds

*possible reform*

Currently within the law on domestic violence, teenagers fall into a grey area that lies between child protection and domestic violence. Meaning that, both what the victim and the authorities can do in these situations is unclear.

With a £2million campaign in 2010 that covered TV, radio, posters and the Internet, the authorities have slowly reacted to the issue of domestic violence in teenagers.

More recently however the Chief Constable (police national lead of domestic violence) says more is being done. The police are in the process of creating and introducing a training program that will tackle every aspect from identifying the domestic violence to protecting the victim and prosecuting the criminal. They are also working with the Home Office in plans to alter the definition of Domestic Abuse so that it includes young people from the age of 16.

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