A lecturer at the Open University is hoping to speak with victims of intimate partner violence (domestic abuse) for research she is carrying out.
Dr Anna Hopkins invited male and female victims of domestic violence who are over 18 to get in touch, in a tweet posted on 4th January.
The tweet also contained an overview of the research, which aims to explore cases taken forward without victims’ support or evidence, whether they resulted in a conviction or not.
You can contact Anna to find out more via email at: cprl-elp-study@open.ac.uk
The full overview can be found in the document below (you can click on the image to make the writing bigger):
Researching Reform 
But the chances of getting a DV case to go forward in criminal court are so slim – even rape is effectively decriminalised in the UK because these crimes generally do not take place in front of witnesses. In family court women are warned (by good solicitors) to shut up about DV if they want to see their children again.
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