domestic abuse

Victim-survivor experiences and perspectives on Clare’s Law and Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes: ‘Right pack your bags, let’s go, when do you wanna leave?’: why are women responsible?

Our project on Clare’s Law, funded by the British Academy, included talking to women about their experiences of this scheme, how information was shared with them (if there was any), what they thought of the process, and what they did and did not do as a result. The findings, published in The Journal of Gender

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Introducing Nicole Renehan: Is knowing enough?

On International Women’s Day (8th March) 2014, Clare’s Law was rolled out nationally across England and Wales following a pilot project the previous year. At this time, I was working on an innovative multi-agency domestic abuse team which was located within children’s services. My main role was to deliver domestic abuse awareness group work to

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