Dr Kate Cook, Senior Lecturer in law from Manchester Metropolitan University discusses “Harassment, monitoring and verbal abuse are not readily recognised as criminal offences”. See https://campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/resources/      

This consultation seeks views on whether the current law on domestic abuse needs to be strengthened to offer better protection to victims. It is specifically focused on whether we should create a specific offence that captures patterns of coercive and controlling behaviour in intimate relationships, inline with the government’s non-statutory definition of domestic abuse. How … Continue reading “UK Government Open consultation -Strengthening the Law on Domestic Abuse”