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Short Summary
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| Title |
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking:
Findings from the British Crime Survey |
| Author |
Walby, S. and Allen, J. |
| Publication
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March 2004 |
| Publisher |
Home Office Research, Development and Statistics
Directorate, UK |
| Volume |
Home Office Research Study |
| Series |
276 |
| Donor |
Home Office Research, Development and Statistics
Directorate, UK |
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Short Summary |
Inter-personal violence comprises crimes of domestic
violence, sexual assault and stalking. In the UK only a small fraction
of cases of inter-personal violence are reported to the police or
recorded. This report presents the findings of the British Crime Survey
(BCS) when an innovative computerised self-completion questionnaire
was included which encouraged wider reporting of experiences than
the main face-to-face part of the BCS. The initiative builds on previous
use of this methodology in the BCS, and provides the most reliable
findings to date on the extent and nature of inter-personal violence
in England and Wales. Information was also gathered on the overlap
between domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, repeat victimisation,
survivors' perceptions of their experiences, associated risk factors,
and patterns of seeking help from the police and other agencies. The
results from this survey reveal that inter-personal violence is widespread,
affecting approximately one third of the population at some time in
their lives. One in twenty women have experienced serious sexual assault,
while one in five women and one in ten men have been victims of domestic
violence. There are many cases of repeat victimisation, in particular
of domestic violence. A third of female victims were subject to more
than three incidents of domestic violence by the person whom they
described as committing the worst incident they experienced. |
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