Content tagged with: abuse
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Domestic abuse - Information for professionals
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/domestic-abuse-information-for-professionalsIf you are a professional who needs to know more about domestic abuse, this is the page for you.
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Initiatives relating to Domestic Abuse
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/initiativesThis page gives you details of local, regional and national initiatives relating to domestic abuse. If you have a domestic abuse service that you would like to promote on this page please contact karen.shooter@doncaster.gov.uk
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Support for people from minority groups
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/support-for-black-and-minority-peopleThe Doncaster domestic abuse hub is here for ALL victims and survivors of domestic abuse.
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Domestic Abuse Protocol
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/domestic-abuse-protocolThe Doncaster Domestic Abuse Protocol has been refreshed! Please check out this latest version, published in June 2023, to see information about changes introduced through the Domestic Act 2021, details of new initiatives and referral pathways and new information and guidance about domestic abuse and how to respond to victims and perpetrators.
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Sexual abuse. What should I do if.....
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/what-should-i-do-ifThis page is dedicated to helping you understand the different types of sexual abuse crimes and sexual motivated crimes, how to report them and how to access the relevant support services. Please remember that you are never to blame for being sexually harassed, abused, assaulted or raped. Support is available for you in Doncaster and agencies will do everything they can to hold the abusers to account.
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Male victims of domestic abuse
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/male-victims-of-domestic-abuseThere is still a myth that domestic abuse doesn't happen to men. It does! It can happen to anyone.
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Domestic Abuse
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/domestic-abuse-2Domestic abuse, or domestic violence, includes a range of abusive behaviour (either physical, sexual, financial, psychological or emotional) between people 16 years or older, who are or were intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender.
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Domestic abuse - Are you worried about someone you know?
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/domestic-abuse-are-you-worried-about-someone-you-knowYou may know a sister, brother, mum, dad, son or daughter, colleague, neighbour, cousin or friend who is experiencing abuse behind closed doors.
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What is Honour-Based Abuse?
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/what-is-honour-based-abuseThe concept of ‘honour’ is for some communities deemed to be extremely important. To compromise a family’s ‘honour’ is to bring dishonour and shame and this can have severe consequences. The punishment for bringing dishonour can be emotional abuse, physical abuse, family disownment and in some cases even murder.
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Refer someone for support
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/crime-anti-social-behaviour-nuisance/refer-someone-for-supportFind out more about how to make a referral for a victim of domestic abuse so that they can access specialist support.