Citation

Griffith R. Br. J. Community Nurs. 2014; 19(6): 302-306.

Affiliation

Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Health Science, Swansea University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Mark Allen Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24902060

Abstract

As part of its policy to end violence against women and girls, the UK Government is rolling out domestic violence protection powers that will enable police to act more quickly in urgent situations. The new provisions follow on from the successful roll out of 'Clare's law', which allows information relating to a person's previous abusive behaviour to be passed to their partner. This article sets out the powers available to the police and court to protect people from domestic violence.

Language: en