Furthermore, murder cases involving intimate partners or family members are not simultaneously classified as domestic violence cases. Instead, domestic violence is often repeated, and with every incidence, the level of violence escalates. This should be one of the goals of the recently formed National Committee on Domestic Violence, a multi-stakeholder committee set up to coordinate and monitor the national response to domestic violence. In the United Kingdom, high-risk domestic violence cases are given specific focus and support, as one part of the larger collective response to domestic violence. In identifying high-risk domestic violence cases, we must also recognise that domestic violence involving boyfriends and girlfriends is just as serious and deadly as domestic violence involving married couples.

Source: The Star February 07, 2020 06:56 UTC