Non-fatal strangulation is one of the strongest indicators of high risk potentially lethal behaviour in domestic abuse cases. The first national impact report published by the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS) sets out the progress as well as online planning needed to improve awareness, policy and practice around strangulation.

DVACT-PAI launch a new wraparound assessment and treatment service enabling parents to demonstrate that they can make positive changes to behaviours of concern more quickly alongside an expert assessment

This article examines the strong rationale for expert services that can help to avoid the emotional and financial costs of care proceedings and child removals due to domestic abuse

August 2023 sees the merge of DV-ACT with PAI to become a leading provider of domestic abuse assessments and interventions in the UK.

Using our experience of working with male and female, victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse to answer questions raised by the trial.

Each year there is a reported spike in domestic violence with fears that this year will be further impacted by the pandemic

Many victims of violence fight back and abused women are no exception. In this post, we discuss the use of violent resistance by victims of domestic violence, how to distinguish between violent resistance and violence from a primary abuser and how this can raise the risk to the victim and her children. Many victims of domestic abuse do fight back The narrative most often associated with victim/survivors of domestic abuse is one of passivity. However, many women show great str