\n The proportion of cases prosecuted in the higher courts\u00a0before a jury\u00a0reached 20 per cent. \u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n This continues a general upward trend since 2015-16 when 13 percent of charges were prosecuted at solemn level.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n Men accounted for the majority of those charged (Image: NQ (stock pic)) Men accounted for 85 percent of all domestic abuse charges. In reports under the recent Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, this figure rose to 93 percent. \u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n Speaking on publication of the new figures, the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC said:\u00a0\u201cGender-based violence and abuse is driven by underlying attitudes. \u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt is vital that people across Scotland challenge these harmful attitudes and behaviours, be that in our own homes, among our friends, in work, education, social groups and elsewhere.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe figures published today underline the importance of working together to tackle domestic abuse. Everyone should be clear that such behaviour is intolerable and has no place in our communities.\u201d\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n She added: “We have a responsibility to build a future where girls can live free from fear and that involves holding abusers to account today while encouraging boys to grow into respectful men.\u201d\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n The most common types of offences reported with a domestic abuse link were crimes against public justice (including bail offences) at 26%, threatening and abusive behaviour offences (25%) and common assault offences (23%).\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC (Image: NQ (stock pic))\n <\/p>\n
\n There were 2028 charges under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, which recognises ongoing controlling and coercive behaviour towards a partner or former partner. \u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n This represents an increase of 11 percent compared with the 2023-24 total of 1831.\n <\/p>\n
\n COPFS\u2019 National Procurator Fiscal for Domestic Abuse, Dr Emma Forbes, said: \u201cThe Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal service is working hard to reflect the lived experience of victims and their children in the way we deal with the cases we receive.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cDomestic abuse legislation allows us to capture a clearer picture of abuse and improve our understanding of its harmful impact.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis is building confidence in victims that their suffering will be recognised and taken seriously when they feel able to report the offending.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI would encourage anyone who has witnessed or experienced such offending to come forward. You will be listened to and supported as we seek to secure justice.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The proportion of cases prosecuted in the higher courts\u00a0before a jury\u00a0reached 20 per cent. \u00a0 This continues a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-412716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115179157154657919","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}