Fighting Back
Hitting your wife or partner is a criminal offence. In
London alone it's estimated that police receive up to
100,000 calls in connection with domestic violence every year. Other statistics paint an even blacker picture - in 1975 25 per cent of all recorded violent crime was domestic violence.
If these statistics are to be believed it could mean that a woman in your street is a victim of domestic violence. In today's Advice Shop
Margo MacDonald looks at what help is available for these women from the police, the courts and women's refuges.
Producer MARION ALLINSON
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