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Fall in Domestic Violence over Christmas
Fall in Domestic Violence over Christmas
It was reported by Tayside Police that there were 256 domestic violence incidents reported over the recent Christmas and New Year period. This is a fall of 20% from last year.
Alpraham,
Cheshire,
United Kingdom
(sardnews.org)
17/01/2013
It was reported by Tayside Police that there were 256 domestic violence incidents reported over the recent Christmas and New Year period. This is a fall of 20% from last year.
Running from 21 December until 2 January 2013, Operation Lynchpin aimed to support victims of domestic violence and target those that committed domestic abuse crimes.
During the same period the previous year, Tayside Police reported that there was a significant drop in cases reported to them, falling from 319 to 256. The campaign has now been carried out for five consecutive years seeing a dedicated team of officers involved in many high risk cases which resulted in successful prosecutions.
The campaign Operation Lynchpin was undertaken with the full support of Violence Against Women Partnerships in Dundee, Angus, and Perth and Kinross.
Tina Royles is the UK's leading domestic violence expert with over 20 years' experience on the frontline and on a strategic level. She provides domestic violence counselling and consultancy to individuals and organisations. She says:
'In theory the fall in the number of domestic violence incidents in Tayside over the festive period - compared to the previous year should sound promising; however where domestic violence is concerned any fall in the number incidents being 'reported' does not necessarily mean that the incidents themselves have reduced or stopped, but could mean that there has been a reduction in the number of people coming forward and actually reporting the incidents.
"Therefore it is important that we don't get too hooked into the statistics, but recognise that domestic violence incidents still take place 365 days of the year and that we continue to focus on raising awareness, and to put in place the support, resources and interventions in order to help those affected by domestic violence."
Notes to Editors
Tina Royles is one of the UK's most qualified and experienced domestic violence experts providing consultancy and advice to those who have suffered domestic violence, are currently in violent relationships or to friends and family of those affected. Tina provides the domestic violence information, materials and tools to manage relationship difficulties and domestic violence through awareness and education and is regularly called upon by the national and local press to provide expert comments on high profile cases. To find out more about what domestic violence is, click here. Visit Tina Royles website to find out more about domestic violence and the resource available to individuals and organisations.
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About Tina Royless
Tina Royles is one of the UK’s most qualified and experienced domestic violence experts providing consultancy and advice to those who have suffered domestic violence, are currently in violent relationships or to friends and family of those affected.
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