Early Evaluation of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004

Hester, M.; Westmarland, N.; Pearce, J.; Williamson, E.

Early Evaluation of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004

Hester, M.; Westmarland, N.; Pearce, J.; Williamson, E.

Authors

M. Hester

Professor Nicole Westmarland nicole.westmarland@durham.ac.uk
Professor

J. Pearce

E. Williamson

Abstract

This study was commissioned to provide an early evaluation of some of the measures of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (DVCV) Act 2004. It aimed to: • establish baseline data against which to evaluate the implementation of the new measures; • provide an early snapshot (to December 2007) of progress towards implementation; • identify emerging issues and offer recommendations for policy and (good) practice in relation to implementing the measures, and in relation to improvements that can be made to current data collection. The report focuses on the three measures of the Act that were implemented during the evaluation period, i.e. making common assault an arrestable offence;1 making it an arrestable, criminal offence to breach a non-molestation order; and extending the civil law on domestic violence (to ensure cohabiting same-sex couples have the same access to non- molestation and occupation orders as opposite sex couples, and non-molestation orders are available to couples who have never cohabited).

Citation

Hester, M., Westmarland, N., Pearce, J., & Williamson, E. (2008). Early Evaluation of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Ministry of Justice

Report Type	Project Report
Online Publication Date	Aug 14, 2008
Publication Date	Aug 14, 2008
Deposit Date	Sep 5, 2008
Publicly Available Date	Sep 5, 2008
Publisher	Home Office
Series Title	Ministry of Justice Research Series ; 14/08
Publisher URL	http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/domestic-violence-crime-victims-act-2004.htm
Additional Information	Publisher: Home Office Type: monograph Subtype: project_report