5lInvestigates: Domestic Abuse 23 Nov 11




5 live Investigates show

Summary: 5 Live Investigates reveals that in more than half of all cases of domestic violence that are investigated by police, no action is taken against the offender. Thirty-three of the forty-three police forces in England and Wales provided figures following Freedom of Information requests. They reveal that of the 223,000 domestic abuse crimes, 118,000 of those were officially ‘undetected.’ Presenter Adrian Goldberg also reports from a rehabilitation programme for domestic abusers.