Double Standard: Ending the unjust criminalisation of victims of violence against women and girls

This report sets out evidence of the unjust criminalisation of victims of VAWG in England and Wales for alleged offending resulting from their experience of abuse, and the reforms in law and practice that are needed to address this. It draws on the Centre for Women’s Justice briefings to parliamentarians debating the Domestic Abuse Bill and submissions to the government’s consultations on domestic abuse and other forms of VAWG. It includes new qualitative research and legal analysis and draws out the wider learning from CWJ’s recent report on the state response to women who kill their abuser.

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