24 Hour Domestic Violence Help-line

This CPS guidance looks at the best practice for working with intimidated witnesses including those experiencing domestic violence.

The Domestic Violence and Repeat Victimisation project was commissioned as part of the Home Office Police Research Group’s (now Policing and Reducing Crime Unit) programme on repeat victimisation.

CAFCASS Policy on domestic violence.

Guidance to the Crown Prosection Service on dealing with domestic violence

CPS Policy for Prosecuting Domestic Violence Cases

CPS - Violence Against Women Strategy and Action Plan

This guide sets out the civil remedies and criminal sanctions that are currently available through the courts to victims of domestic violence. It is intended for statutory and voluntary service providers who deal with the impact of domestic violence. It is not intended to be a self-help guide for members of the public.

The evaluation of the effectiveness of specialist domestic violence courts needs to be addressed in the context of the dynamics of domestic violence, which is a complex problem, incorporating emotional and psychological abuse as well as crimes of a physical and/or sexual nature. Victims are often (understandably) reluctant to be witnesses in court because of their own relationship to the defendant and, in relationships where children are present, the defendant’s relationship with their children. They are almost always vulnerable and often intimidated.

MPS Risk Assessment Model for Domestic Violence Cases ‘Getting away with it’: A Strategic Overview of Domestic Violence Sexual Assault and ‘Serious’ Incident Analysis. This analysis is based on incidents reported to the Metropolitan Police Service. However, the lessons learnt are relevant to all those working within the field domestic violence and to the criminal justice system as a whole. This is not an academic document as such, albeit this will be forthcoming in due course.

This consultation paper sets out proposals for the format that domestic homicide reviews should follow. As part of their statutory duty under section 9(3) of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 local bodies will be required to have regard to the guidance when establishing reviews.