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Should Domestic Violence Be Specific Criminal Offence, Asks Law Commission?

Theguardian.com 11/12/2014

“… A specific criminal offence could be created to deal with cases of domestic violence, the Law Commission has suggested in a consultation launched on Wednesday. Any new offence would be a response to widespread concerns that domestic violence is not being effectively policed, the commission said. It would also alert social services in future to the fact that an individual had a history of aggression against a partner. …”

Read the entire article: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/12/domestic-violence-specific-criminal-offence-law-commission