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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Europe Legislation Policy
What is known about child sexual exploitation in the UK
This document arose out of the work of the European Forum for Child Welfare, drawing on papers and discussions from two European conferences on Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation held in London and Brussels in 1995. The report: summarises what is currently known about the sexual exploitation of children; documents
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Research Self Defence Violence Against Women
Making Women Safer – Or Not? An Evaluation of Hammersmith and Fulham Domestic Violence Alarm Scheme – An Internal Report
The Alarm Scheme that is evaluated in this study is one element within a broader effort by a local police force in Hammersmith and Fulham to respond in a more sensitive and focused manner to the needs of victims of crime. The Scheme began in September 1994 and involved the
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Domestic Violence Evaluation Perpetrators Support Projects
Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Intervention Project
Background There is currently no national policy on domestic violence in the UK. At the most basic level preventing violence against women in the home involves two components: increasing safety for the woman and her children in the short term, and ending the man’s violence in the longer term. DVIP
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Domestic Violence Research Violence Against Women
Developing community responses and resources for women experiencing domestic violence in the Kings Cross area
The report is based on three months research into the potential of developing community responses to the widespread problem of domestic violence in the King’s Cross area. Data were gathered via a literature review, questionnaires and interviews involving local organisations, both statutory and voluntary, and individual women based in the
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Children Evaluation Support Projects
Evaluation of Hammersmith and Fulham Women’s Aid Childwork Project
This is the report of an evaluation of Hammersmith and Fulham Women’s Aid childwork project. Whilst on a small scale, this evaluation was conducted using a continual discussion and feedback methodology with the intention of enabling HWA to introduce more systematic internal monitoring processes which form the basis for ongoing
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Evaluation Young People
Evaluation of Service Delivery to Young People – Internal Report for the Benefits Agency
This is the internal report of an evaluation of Benefits Agency practice in relation to 16 and 17 year old claimants in three agency districts – Leeds South, Euston and Hackney. In light of the special problems that exist for this potential group of claimants, it sets out what is
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Evaluation
Evaluation of Domestic Violence Matters (A Development Project)
This report documents the multi-methodological evaluation of ‘Domestic Violence Matters’ (DVM), an adaptation of a Canadian project – the Family Consultancy Service (London, Ontario) – which involves locating a team of skilled civilian crisis interveners within the police service to follow up police responses to domestic violence. This experimental pilot
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Domestic Violence Training Violence Against Women
Challenging Domestic Violence: A Training and Resource Pack
This Training and Resource Pack is aimed at anyone wanting to address domestic violence in their work or community setting. It is based on the Multi-Disciplinary Training for Trainers course conducted by the authors in 1989. The Pack is designed to provide simple ideas for organising and conducting training around
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Domestic Violence Violence Against Women
Abuse of Women in the Home: Advice and Information
This is an advice and information pack on the abuse of women and children in the home. It is designed to inform women who are experiencing abuse themselves by providing practical information on stopping, escaping from and surviving a violent situation. The pack is also accessible to professionals and all
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Definitions Research Statistics
Exploratory Study of the Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse
Research on the frequency of sexual abuse takes one of two forms: 1. Incidence studies which count the number of new cases within any one year. The Department of Health began collecting and collating figures from all social service departments in 1989. The figures for 1989 are 23,000 additional children