Police chiefs describe violence against women as a national emergency
A police chiefs' national risk assessment links rising violence against women and girls to online influences and harmful content, and says domestic abuse remains the most significant threat.
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Police chiefs have described the scale of violence against women and girls as a national emergency in their first national risk assessment. The report found that a rise in violence against women and girls is linked to online influences and harmful content.
The assessment said at least 230,000 children and young people in relationships were victims of abuse. It also found that domestic abuse remained the most significant threat.
The report sets out the scale of the issue in national terms. It links online influences and harmful content to a rise in violence against women and girls, and it identifies domestic abuse as the most significant threat.
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| A police chiefs' report linked a rise in violence against women and girls to online influences and harmful content. | |
| Domestic abuse was identified as the most significant threat, with the scale of violence described as a national emergency. | |
| The first national risk assessment estimated that at least 230,000 children and young people in relationships had been victims of abuse. | |
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Channel 4 gave the report a short, straight news treatment inside a wider bulletin. It focused on the report's main findings: the link to online influences, the 230,000 figure and the national emergency description. The item was brief and did not include reaction, policy recommendations or further detail.
- “A major new report by police chiefs has found that a rise in violence against women and girls is linked to online influences and harmful content.”
- “at least 230,000 children and young people in relationships were victims of abuse”
- “described the scale of violence as a national emergency”
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