Julia Huber
Researcher
Julia joined Demos as a researcher in June 2002. Her main research interests are in the area of demography, social change and learning. She is leading Demos' work on the ageing society and her Demos publications in this area include; together with Paul Skidmore The New Old: Why the baby boomers won't be pensioned off (2003); and together with James Harkin Eternal Youths: How the baby boomers are having their time...
at 9:22am
on Monday, 31st October 2005
You might remember that a few months ago the Met ran an advertising campaign targeting domestic violence offenders with the message that if someone is abusing their partner the police, if they have reasonable grounds, can arrest even without the victims statement. The campaign illustrated that many domestic crimes still remain unreported and one of the challenges we face is how to help victims 'break' the silence. One local government outreach initiative in the US tried to tackle this problem by training hairdressers to recognise signs of physical abuse in their clients and to then refer them to hot lines, counselling services and law enforcement agencies. The most recent reference to this I found is a few years old, but I really like the idea and wonder how successful the initiative was.
You might remember that a few months ago the Met ran an advertising campaign targeting domestic violence offenders with the message that if someone is abusing their partner the police, if they have reasonable grounds, can arrest even without the victims statement. The campaign illustrated that many domestic crimes still remain unreported and one of the challenges we face is how to help victims 'break' the silence. One local government outreach initiative in the US tried to tackle this problem by training hairdressers to recognise signs of physical abuse in their clients and to then refer them to hot lines, counselling services and law enforcement agencies. The most recent reference to this I found is a few years old, but I really like the idea and wonder how successful the initiative was.
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