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Jade Levell, a criminology lecturer at BU has co-authored a report with the Office of the Victim’s Commissioner which was released last week. This report looks at children’s experiences of domestic abuse and their criminality, including childhood criminal exploitation, serious youth violence and offending behaviour. This report sets the scene for the Victims’ Commissioner’s in-depth review into children’s experience of domestic abuse and criminality (to be published on 1 April) by gathering academic literature and data to compile an account of the prevalence of children’s experience of domestic abuse and the overlap between this and their offending behaviour. It also reviews literature on interventions to support children and young people who have lived with domestic abuse.

Access the report here:  Children’s experience of domestic abuse and criminality: A literature review

Children’s experience of domestic abuse and criminality: A literature review

See related media coverage here:

https://www.workwithoffenders.co.uk/news/news_article/104333

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/03/17/children-experience-domestic-violence-likely-engage-serious/2020.03.18_Victims Commissioner Literature review 2020 (003)