Ep: 127 - The facts behind rape - we talk to Moriah Cohen
DumTeeDum - A show about BBC Radio's 'The Archers' - A podcast by Roifield Brown - Sundays
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Domestic abuse in UK:Will affect 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men in their lifetimeLeads to, on average, two women being murdered each week and 30 men per yearAccounts for 16% of all violent crime (Source: Crime in England and Wales 04/05 report), however it is still the violent crime least likely to be reported to the policeHas more repeat victims than any other crime (on average there will have been 35 assaults before a victim calls the police)Is the single most quoted reason for becoming homeless (Shelter, 2002)In 2010 the Forced Marriage Unit responded to 1735 reports of possible Forced Marriages.In addition, approximately 400 people commit suicide each year who have attended hospital for domestic abuse injuries in the previous six months, 200 of these attend hospital on the day they go on to commit suicide Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
