JERSEY is “lacking” the expertise to combat increasingly common forms of online and tech-facilitated violence against women and girls, according to the head of a taskforce set up to tackle the issue.The Violence Against Women and Girls Taskforce,.
MORE Islanders are coming forward with concerns of coercive and controlling behaviour now that it is considered a criminal offence, according to the head of the service which supports victims of domestic abuse.Sarah Hamon, the service manager at Jers.
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DOMESTIC abuse will be considered a specific criminal offence in the Island within days following a decision by the States Assembly.Members had already agreed the move in principle and yesterday rubber-stamped the law, which is due to come into force.
A GOVERNMENT taskforce is looking into a loophole in Jersey’s legislation in relation to ‘cyber-flashing’, a crime which the group’s chair said was ‘poorly understood’ in the Island.The gap – which means there is a discrepancy between f.