Submitted on Friday 24th April 2020
Rejected on Friday 3rd July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Mandatory arrest for perpetrators of mental and coercive domestic abuse.
Currently, the police have the power to arrest a suspect of physical domestic violence where physical injuries are apparent, irrespective of whether the victim wants to press charges or not. However, mental and coercive behaviours can impact a victim just as much if not more.
This issue is more apparent as all of the UK is on lockdown due to having a pandemic of Covid -19.Coercive and mental abuse does not leave physical scars and bruises, therefore as the police cannot visually see evidence of abuse, the police are unable to provide protection for a victim and provide justice as they would for physical violence offences.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship is already an offence. Investigating suspected offences and charging people with an offence is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service, not the Government or House of Commons.
We have published the following petitions, calling on the Government to increase support for victims of domestic violence during the Covid-19 outbreak:
Fund more advertising for helplines for children and domestic violence victims: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314054
Fund increased social services support & emergency accommodation during Covid19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309559
The Government has published guidance on getting help with domestic abuse during the Covid-19 outbreak: www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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