November 2024 Newsletter
Events
- Mankind -Male Victims of Domestic Abuse Day on 7th November Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse Day #MenYouAreNotAlone
- 12th National Conference on Male Victims of Domestic Abuse:’Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse’ Conference 13th November online – Annual Conference: Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse
- 16 days of Activism against gender-based violence in November – 16 Days of Activism – UN Women UK
Training / Webinars
- Free safeguarding adults training in Norfolk on Domestic Abuse and Coercion and Control – Safeguarding Adults and Mental Capacity Act training commissioned by Norfolk County Council – Booking by Bookwhen
- Deaf Men and Domestic Abuse – free – – 7th November – Deaf Men and Domestic Abuse Tickets, Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
- NSPCC Learning – It’s Not Love: teaching resources about positive relationships – It’s Not Love: teaching resources about positive relationships | NSPCC Learning
- Free training – Safeguarding Futures: Free Training Seminar for Social Workers and Police Officers on address Child Marriage – 28thNovember – Safeguarding Futures: Free Training Seminar for Social Workers and Police Officers on address Child Marriage – Karma Nirvana
- Safer Places Free webinar 4th November – Transnational Marriage Abandonment Awareness Webinar – Transnational Marriage Abandonment Awareness Webinar Tickets, Mon 4 Nov 2024 at 12:00 | Eventbrite
Reports / Research
- New Women’s Aid research – The Price of Safety – The Price of Safety – Women’s Aid
- New report by the N8 Policing Research Partnership and the University of Liverpool – ‘Tackling Digitally Enabled Coercive Control’ – N8,DECC,Report,2024.pdf
- New research – ‘Ending the stigma of male domestic violence and abuse victims: A mixed-methods study’ – Ending the stigma of male domestic violence and abuse victims: A mixed-methods study – ScienceDirect
- ‘Social work, domestic abuse and coercive control: do we know what is going on and why?’ – ‘Social work, domestic abuse and coercive control: do we know what is going on and why?’ – Community Care
- Report into how joint mortgages are used in economic abuse – Joint mortgages – Surviving Economic Abuse
- Coercion and Control: The treatment of women seeking asylum in hotel accommodation – Women for Refugee Women : Coercion and Control: The treatment of women seeking asylum in hotel accommodation
- Victim Support release their latest report – Suffering for justice Sexual violence victim-survivors’ experiences of going to court and cross-examination – Sufferingforjusticereport.pdf
Books / Guides
- CPS publishes ‘easy read’ victims guides for victims of crime, and rape and sexual assault – Easy Read Victims’ Guides | The Crown Prosecution Service
- Deaf Health Charity, Sign Health, release videos around domestic abuse – Domestic Abuse BSL Videos – SignHealth
- Book about domestic homicides and dementia (Gray mist killings) Fatal Family Violence and the Dementias: Gray Mist Killings – 1st Edit
- Key Information about the Rail to Refuge scheme – How-to-support-survivors-by-raising-awareness-of-Rail-to-Refuge-1.pdf
- New book coming soon – The Psychology of Honor Abuse, Violence, and Killings – The Psychology of Honor Abuse, Violence and Killings – onEvidence
News and articles
- Cafcass publishes new Domestic Abuse Practice Policy | Cafcass after criticism of how domestic abuse is seen and used (or ignored) in the Family Courts.
- Joint targeted area inspections to focus on domestic abuse – Joint targeted area inspections to focus on domestic abuse – GOV.UK
- New measures set out to combat violence against women and girls – New measures set out to combat violence against women and girls – GOV.UK
- Man convicted of conspiring to commit FGM against young girl in legal first - Man convicted of conspiring to commit FGM against young girl in legal first | The Crown Prosecution Service
- Pet abuse and the new Pet Abduction Act 2024 – Theft Act Offences | The Crown Prosecution Service
- Police are ‘trivialising stalking’ and letting victims down as figures show one in five women are targeted – Police are ‘trivialising stalking’ and letting victims down as figures show one in five women are targeted
- Domestic Abuse offenders incorrectly released from prison early – Incorrect early release of 37 prisoners ‘deeply regrettable’, Starmer says
- Safelives response to new Raneem’s Law and DAPOs – Response to ‘Raneem’s Law’ and DAPOs – SafeLives
- Social workers lack training to tackle coercive abuse, BBC finds – Social workers ‘must be taught’ to spot controlling behaviour – BBC News
- The hidden extent of DA in Britain’s ethnic communities – Hidden extent of DA in Britain’s ethnic communities – NCDV Magazine
- Police record rise in football related DA during Euros – NCDV Magazine
- International: DA rises in Ukraine amid tensions of war – NCDV Magazine
Norfolk Local
- Family violence – Pensioner unlawfully killed by grandson in Norwich housefire, inquest concludes | ITV News Anglia
- Domestic Homicide – Norfolk murder jury told victim had been strangled before | Eastern Daily Press
- New Norfolk Domestic Homicide Report published for Sofia (now called Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews) – Published Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews for Norfolk
