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New domestic abuse guidelines

Victims of domestic violence and abuse aged 16 and 17 will be recognised as victims under Government plans. The Home Office is widening the definition of domestic abuse to include a wider range of coercive or threatening behaviour.

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Chief Constable: 'Domestic abuse ruins lives'

The amendments to the definition are key in helping to raise awareness and enable effective prevention working in partnership with all agencies.

Domestic abuse ruins lives. In some cases it ends in homicide. This amended definition will help us all to work together to defeat this dreadful crime.

– Chief Constable Carmel Napier

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