The Home Office consultation - Strengthening the law on domestic abuse

Clinks has submitted a brief response to the Home Office’s consultation entitled ‘strengthening the law on domestic abuse’ and would support a change in the law that would help ensure all cases of domestic abuse are recognised and addressed. The response highlights that women's offending is often one of the longer-term potential consequences of coercive control in intimate relationships and have urged the Home Office to recognise this. We have also outlined the essential need for gender-specific services to be in place to provide support to women in the Criminal Justice System who are experiencing or have experienced coercive control.