Laura talks with Jim and Lisa about her campaign to place a statutory duty on the responsible public protection authorities - police, prison and probation services - to ensure serial and serious domestic violence perpetrators and stalkers are proactively identified, assessed and managed on a national basis.
As a group of senior cross party MPs and select committee chairs tabled an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill, Laura highlights harrowing and haunting cases across her 25 year career demonstrating how women are being spectacularly failed every single day and that we can’t afford to ignore the patterns of behaviour any longer.
Please be an upstander, listen to the episode and take action. Together we can raise our voices and create real change to better protect women and their children.
Show notes:
Independent article
The Telegraph article
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/spent-25-years-working-cases-women-murdered-abusers-makes/
Information about the campaign including amendment 49 to the Domestic Abuse Bill, link to petition to sign & link to give written evidence to the Domestic Abuse Bill Panel
Write to your MP - template letter
Getting Away With It: A Profile of the Domestic Violence and Serious Offenders Analysis Report (Richards 2004)
https://www.dashriskchecklist.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Getting-Away-with-It.pdf
DASH Risk Model
https://www.dashriskchecklist.co.uk/
For more on Alice Ruggles, listen to our episode 120 - My Daughter Alice
https://player.fm/series/real-crime-profile-1437927/episode-120-my-daughter-alice
For More on Molly McLaren, listen to our episode 112: Her Name Was Molly McLaren
https://bullhorn.fm/realcrimeprofile/posts/r8Ennrg-episode-112-her-name-was-molly-mclaren
For more on Rachel Horman, listed to our episode 121 - Stalking: Living In Real Fear
https://player.fm/series/real-crime-profile-1437927/episode-121-stalking-living-in-real-fear
If you are in need of support or advice contact:
Women’s Aid https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
Refuge https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/
Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service
Karma Nirvana https://karmanirvana.org.uk/
Solace Women’s Aid https://www.solacewomensaid.org/
Nia https://niaendingviolence.org.uk/about-nia/our-services/
Surviving Economic Abuse https://survivingeconomicabuse.org/
Rights Of Women https://rightsofwomen.org.uk/
If you are in immediate danger, call 999
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