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‘He knows how to make sure that there is no evidence’: when your domestic violence abuser is a police officer

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par Ellen Reeves, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Liverpool
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
Sandra Walklate, Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
Silke Meyer, Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University

People experiencing domestic violence are often urged to report their abuse to police. But what if your abuser is a police officer?

Our new research, drawing on 17 interviews with victim-survivors from two studies and published in the journal Violence Against Women, examined the challenges faced by victim-survivors in this situation.

‘He knows how to make sure that there is no evidence’

Victim-survivors…

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