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Domestic violence: 8 in 10 female prisoners in Scotland 'previously endured substantial head injuries'


Domestic violence: 8 in 10 female prisoners in Scotland ‘previously endured substantial head injuries’
Maya Oppenheim
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Around eight in ten women prisoners in Scotland previously suffered a substantial head injury, a troubling new report has found.
The study, conducted by the University of Glasgow, discovered two thirds of female inmates had sustained repeated wounds to the head over a period of many years.
Head injuries can have long-lasting repercussions on an individual’s cognition and behaviour as well as making people less able to cope with feelings of anger.
Researchers, whose findings were published in the
Lancet Psychiatry, found most incidents had been perpetrated by domestic abusers, with around nine in ten prisoners who were subjected to recurrent head injuries saying it was the result of domestic violence. ....

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The Disabilities Trust welcomes revision of Domestic Violence Protection Notices


The Disabilities Trust welcomes revision of Domestic Violence Protection Notices
New statutory guidance will recognise that survivors of domestic abuse may have sustained an acquired brain injury (ABI) for the first time - following campaigning from The Disabilities Trust.
LONDON, Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Trust is delighted that statutory guidance will now include consideration of brain injury as part of the Domestic Abuse Bill, currently being debated by the House of Lords, following work to raise this important issue, alongside Chris Bryant MP.
Domestic abuse protection orders - will now consider acquired brain injury as part of the range of needs any survivor may have. Where police are attending a call out to a domestic incident, in the community, they could be accompanied with or shortly after visited by an Independent Domestic Violence and Abuse Advisor. ....

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