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Jun 2020
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#256: Profiling Serial and Serious Domes...

Real Crime Profile / Wondery
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Laura talks with Jim and Lisa about her campaign to place a statutory duty on the responsible public protection authorities - police, prison and probation services - to ensure serial and serious domestic violence perpetrators and stalkers are proactively identified, assessed and managed on a national basis. 


As a group of senior cross party MPs and select committee chairs tabled an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill, Laura highlights harrowing and haunting cases across her 25 year career demonstrating how women are being spectacularly failed every single day and that we can’t afford to ignore the patterns of behaviour any longer.


Please be an upstander, listen to the episode and take action. Together we can raise our voices and create real change to better protect women and their children.


Show notes:

Independent article 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/domestic-abuse-bill-serial-perpetrators-register-a9555126.html



The Telegraph article 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/spent-25-years-working-cases-women-murdered-abusers-makes/


Information about the campaign including amendment 49 to the Domestic Abuse Bill, link to petition to sign & link to give written evidence to the Domestic Abuse Bill Panel

https://www.laurarichards.co.uk/featured/cross-party-mps-and-select-committee-chairs-call-for-serial-and-serious-domestic-violence-perpetrators-and-stalkers-to-be-tracked-to-prevent-further-abuse/


Write to your MP - template letter

https://www.laurarichards.co.uk/featured/serial-domestic-abusers-and-stalkers-must-be-proactively-identified-and-managed-write-to-your-mp/



Getting Away With It: A Profile of the Domestic Violence and Serious Offenders Analysis Report (Richards 2004)

https://www.dashriskchecklist.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Getting-Away-with-It.pdf



DASH Risk Model

https://www.dashriskchecklist.co.uk/



For more on Alice Ruggles, listen to our episode 120 - My Daughter Alice

https://player.fm/series/real-crime-profile-1437927/episode-120-my-daughter-alice

For More on Molly McLaren, listen to our episode 112: Her Name Was Molly McLaren

https://bullhorn.fm/realcrimeprofile/posts/r8Ennrg-episode-112-her-name-was-molly-mclaren

For more on Rachel Horman, listed to our episode 121 - Stalking: Living In Real Fear

https://player.fm/series/real-crime-profile-1437927/episode-121-stalking-living-in-real-fear


If you are in need of support or advice contact:

Women’s Aid https://www.womensaid.org.uk/


Refuge https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/


Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service

 https://paladinservice.co.uk/


Karma Nirvana https://karmanirvana.org.uk/


Solace Women’s Aid https://www.solacewomensaid.org/


Nia https://niaendingviolence.org.uk/about-nia/our-services/


Surviving Economic Abuse https://survivingeconomicabuse.org/


Rights Of Women https://rightsofwomen.org.uk/


If you are in immediate danger, call 999


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