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By Don Ledingham on Jan 30, 2010 in Violence Against Women | 0 Comments

 
There were 49,655 incidents of domestic abuse in Scotland recorded in 2007/08 (an increase of just under 2% on the previous year) 8;
54% of cases reported to the police in 2007/08 involved repeat victimisation 9;
Women were the victims in 85% of the reported incidents of domestic abuse in Scotland in 2007/08 10;
83% of rapists are [...]

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By Don Ledingham on Dec 19, 2009 in Violence Against Women | 1 Comment

I’ve just taken over as Chair of the East Lothian Violence Against Women Forum.  The connection between domestic abuse and issues relating to child protection is very significant at the moment with over 90% of child protection referrals having some reference to domestic abuse in the home.
Such a statistic made it comparatively easy for me [...]

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