The depths of dishonour: Hidden voices and shameful crimes

Honour-based violence (HBV) is the term used to refer to a collection of practices used predominantly to control the behaviour of women and girls within families or other social groups in order to protect supposed cultural and religious beliefs, values and social norms in the name of ‘honour’. HBV incidents and crimes include specific

  Practices, Violence

The police response to domestic abuse - Justice Inspectorates

approaches to deal with perpetrators causing the greatest harm to victims, through schemes aimed at stopping their behaviour once and for all. We welcome these positive developments. Zoë Billingham HM Inspector of Constabulary . 5 About this report What we assessed

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The welfare of vulnerable people in police custody

6 the public, determines the circumstances of the call, and decides what the initial response will be Care Quality Commission independent regulator of all health and social care

Living in fear the police and CPS response to harassment ...

5 Summary In 2016/17, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate conducted a joint inspection of how the police and

  Services, Police

The effectiveness of visible police patrol The effect of ...

The effectiveness of visible police patrol Research into public expectations of policing in the UK has previously highlighted a ... as reducing crime – when implemented alongside community engagement and problem-solving (Tuffin et al 2006). Importantly, foot patrol was used by …

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Key findings from the self audits of NHS organisations ...

This is a report of joint key findings from the three inspectorates. It will be ... members’ accountabilities are sometimes unclear 4 Joint working KEY FINDINGS FROM THE SELF AUDITS. there is often confusion about what information can be shared between agencies, and about compliance with human rights legislation, data ...

  Accountabilities

Findings Paper Living Conditions - Justice Inspectorates

Findings paper 6 Life in prison: Living conditions 1.5 Prisons group directors document a cell’s certified normal accommodation (CNA) and its maximum capacity on cell certificates.6 1.6 The PSI provides guidance as to what a typical cell may look like but no minimum measurements.7 Cells are instead subjectively assessed by HMPPS prisons group ...

  Conditions, Living, Living conditions

Police numbers and crime rates a rapid evidence review

Police numbers and crime rates ... more akin to those that look at hot-spot policing. 5 Corman and Mocan 2005 US. Monthly time series data from New York, 1974-1999. ... some of the observational studies that use lagged effects to estimate the effect of police numbers or arrests on crime rate (e.g. Corman and Mocan 2005) appear to vary the ...

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Policing in the pandemic: The police response to the ...

Test, track and trace Officers and staff in some forces did not appear to follow the national requirement for self-isolating for test, track and trace. We were concerned about this, as was the national policing lead for this area, who wrote to forces to make sure they were clear about the requirements on them.

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Detention facilities: Tug Haven, Kent Intake Unit ...

detainees were taken there from Dover. No detainees were held there during the visit. The facility’s conditions for detainees held for a short time were good, but the average detention period was lengthy at about 11 hours. Detainees arrived from Tug Haven and receivedan induction, but not in private.

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - unicef-irc.org

domestic violence against women and girls overview scope of the problem magnitude of the problem causes of domestic violence consequences calculating the socio-economic costs of violence strategies and interventions: an integrated approach combating domestic violence: obligations of the state innocenti digest

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Definitions of Domestic Violence - Child Welfare

Domestic Violence [webpage] (U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women) 4. The word "approximately" is used to stress the fact that States frequently amend their laws. This information is current only through January 2021. New Jersey does not define domestic violence in civil law. 5

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Domestic Violence and Homelessness

For years, advocates have known that domestic violence is a primary cause of homelessness for women and families. Studies from across the country confirm the connection between domestic violence and homelessness and suggest ways to end the cycle in which violence against women leads to life on the streets. Domestic Violence and Homelessness

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