Teaching on domestic violence

MPs have called for children to be educated on domestic violence, honour-based crimes and forced marriages. [13 June 2008]

The Home Affairs Select Committee said there must be a shift in focus away from the criminal justice system towards prevention.

MPs have said that teaching on these issues should be made a compulsory part of the school curriculum. The report also states that two women are killed every week in the UK by husbands, boyfriends or former partners.

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Andrew Mark SNELGROVE

Offence: Violence

SNELGROVE is accused of attempted murder on 24th June 1999.

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