CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE LAUNCHES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONSULTATION - PREMISE IS BIASED AGAINST MEN

The Crown Prosecution Service have launched a new consultation - Prosecuting Cases of Domestic Violence (link).

What is disturbing is that the premise for the consultation already shows it only really views women as victims of domestic violence and not men. This false premise has to be challenged. Indeed, if the CPS does not change its guidance and training then it would be liable for challenge under the Human Rights Act and the Gender Equality Duty.

Under the section What is Domestic Violence? it states:- "...the evidence shows that the overwhelming majority of victims are women and abusers men. Taking action against domestic violence is therefore included as part of the CPS Violence against Women Strategy."

The accompanying press release (link) also quotes this Violence Against Women Strategy (link).

Firstly, the CPS, like other Government Agencies, shows its knee-jerk institutionalised sexism against men. The overwhelming majority of victims are not women. That is an untruth. The British Crime Survey figures show that two and five victims are men with nearly as many men are victims of severe force in a domestic relationship as women (See previous post, Dewar Research and The ManKind Initiative). It is ratio of 60 (women):40 (men) and this is not an 'overwhelming majority'.

Secondly, of course, where is the Violence Against Men Strategy?

There is a clear need that for those organisations, such as male domestic abuse charities, who must respond to this, they must challenge the myths that the CPS are basing their consultation on. It goes back to first principles.

Comments

[FWO]

Good point in this post... Fact is that women initiate 50% of all domestic violence, and commit 70% of one-sided domestic violence. Fact is that women commit 58% of all child abuse. There is an epidemic of women teachers raping boys in America:

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53859

There is also a false rape accusation epidemic against men in America.

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[Nigel]

Research done on the Dyn Project in South wales. For the Government in the Republic of Ireland and then for the Northern Ireland Government and the Home Office Research HORS 276 all note that males are less likely to come forward as victims. HORS276 notes that many fewer men think it a crime to be hit by a woman and both the Irish reports note the expectation that men will not be taken seriously by the Garde or PSNI. All this indicates men are at risk of not getting help and should have some priority. This quite apart from whatever the CPS thinks the numbers may be.

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