Another great #WeCops discussion. Always good to get the little grey matter working 🧠⚙️

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint I believe ADA should be treated in the same way as our counter-terrorism strategy so age isn’t limited here really
Prevent = DA + young perps
Pursue = only when necessary (punitive measures)
Protect = victims/survivors
Prepare = education, education, education!
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Meena Kumari #100Women 👩🏽‍💻 #WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 It's a really hidden issue in my view. There's a significant gap academically as well as in policy & practice.
I really think #adolescentdomesticabuse is a public heath issue but society hasn't realised yet & we need to consider all options to reduce it #wecops

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint So glad you are discussing this we deliver lots of training and this always comes up about adolescent domestic abuse in private and public spaces and the notion of how 16+ is dealt with as oppose to under 16. Even when we look at support services it differs regionally etc

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint I’m in two minds. No age limit seems sensible. But 14-16 is a key age where behaviours need to be nipped in the bud before reaching adulthood. A change in legislation could mean more punitive action, protective measures i.e DVPNs and IDVA support #WeCops

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint #wecops Could we simply have no limit? If two people are/we're in an intimate relationship, we treat as a domestic?

🌼*Jules 7of 9🦾🦻*🌼 #WeCops Katy Barrow-Grint We are hosting a conference on this tomorrow and there are a handful of charities doing some work with young people. More details here vision.city.ac.uk/news/upcoming-… #Wecops

Q3. Should the statutory legislation be lowered from 16 to 13 – what is your rationale either way?

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#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint And porn.
Mainstream porn is so violent and misogynistic, they think choking, BDSM and pain/disrespect is normal 🤷🏻‍♀️
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#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint A recent piece in Guardian shared a recent survey. It said “one in five had a positive view of Tate”. Surely a better headline is 4 in 5 don’t. The use of the 1 in 5 actually gets in way of prevention work. As we know bad news sells a story. #WeCops

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint We often fail to use social norming to address harmful behaviours. The way young men are often portrayed suggests a majority are behaving badly or most support likes of Andrew Tate. The reality is they don’t. This approach gets in the way of prevention. 1/2 #WeCops .

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint Barriers are victim not recognising they are being DA'd. The AP thinking the DA relationship is preferable to home/parents, disengaged from services, isolated, SEND/ND, thinking its the norm.
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Sgt Sam Parfett #WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint #wecops all under 18s are children. To take a term domestic abuse designed for adults and apply it to children creates problems. Can police address the problematicc possibly criminal behaviour without giving it an adult label?

Q2. What are the barriers to supporting victims and those carrying out harmful behaviours when they are under 16 and what can be done about them?

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#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint This paper was one of the drivers of my work on schools in my time with Scottish vru. Many young people don’t see abuse as a violence. iriss.org.uk/resources/vide… it’s why we must help both young men and women to better define abuse #WeCops

#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint Perpetrators are mostly dealt with by Youth Justice Services, and outcomes often do not match the severity of offending i.e CR/diversionary work. Victim/offender support however is enhanced as age brings involvement from schools, social services and Public Protection. #WeCops

Caroline #WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Absolutely. So concerning. We are seeing more children in intimate relationship with each other where strangulation is on the rise for example. The Andrew Tate effect impacts this generation too #wecops

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#WeCops Ruth Weir 💙 Katy Barrow-Grint I worry that there is more emphasis on trying to prove that it doesn’t come under the ‘definition’ of domestic, than considering the complex and serious nature of how they can escalate #WeCops