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UK legal definition of domestic abuse

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The definition of domestic violence will now include young people under 18 and is the latest action by the government to tackle violence against women and girls.

A change to the official definition of domestic violence used across government will aim to increase awareness that young people in this age-group do experience domestic violence and abuse. This follows on from the Government’s successful Teenage Relationship Abuse Campaign and is backed up by the British Crime Survey 2009/10 which found that 16-19-year-olds were the group most likely to suffer abuse from a partner.

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