5 Live Investigates
5 Live Investigates
BBC Radio 5 Live
Domestic Abuse
55 minutes Posted Nov 23, 2014 at 12:40 pm.
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More than half of all domestic abuse cases investigated by the police result in no action being taken against the offender according to figures obtained by 5 live Investigates. Thirty-three of the forty-three police forces in England and Wales responded to a Freedom of Information request which reveal that 118,000 of the 223,000 domestic abuse cases investigated by those forces went 'undetected.' The programme also has an exclusive report from a pilot scheme in Hampshire where abusers undergo rehabilitation.