In plain sight: Expert on domestic abuse exposes myths surrounding male violence as we send her book to MSPs and Scotland’s most senior law officers

Professor Jane Monckton Smith, in a life-saving book, explains why there are patterns of escalating male violence that too often end in tragedy — Read on http://www.sundaypost.com/fp/male-violence-myths/

Domestic Abuse Suicides

We have been researching Domestic Abuse related suicides this month and I've found it the most difficult piece of work I've done in a long time. We have been applying the method we used to construct the Homicide Timeline to understand what happens in the weeks and months before a suicide. The work is not...

IPHT Training

We've had the online training available now for a couple of months and feedback has been so so positive. Thank you to those who have taken the time to get in touch with us, its always nice to connect, especially as we're connecting with people who have been victimised by coercive control and homicide, as...

Homicide Case Work

It is our case work here at the Centre for Learning and Innovation in Public Protection (CLIPP) at the University of Gloucestershire that has inspired some of our research. Working on individual cases reveals the way some issues have such a significant impact and also reveals issues that are often seemingly invisible. The Hidden Homicide...

Homicide Timeline Online Training is live

Version 1.1 of the training is now available. It has been designed to replace the face to face training that is so difficult now due to the Covid-19 restrictions. An online course also allows professionals to access the information at a time convenient to themselves and from anywhere in the world. It means that large...

Homicide Timeline Online Training

The online training is about to go live very soon! It has been difficult putting things together in lockdown conditions and aspects have taken longer than we hoped. We have had to do some things in ways we hadn't planned, but its just about ready to go now and we hope you are all as...

Intimate Partner Homicide Timeline Webinar – information

There are no places left for this event This webinar takes place: 10th June 1100 - 1300 UK time Zoom platform There is no charge Those of you who have sent your email address will receive information via email next week. Susan Haile will be the host for the event. Sue is an experienced advocate...

Homicide Timeline Webinar

The Homicide Timeline Webinar will be happening on the 10th June between 1100 and 1300. Everyone who has expressed interest in the online training and sent me their email address will receive an invitation to the webinar. If you are interested please make sure I have your email. Those of you who gave me Twitter...

Some questions about the Homicide Timeline

There have been some really great webinars and debates taking place during this lockdown that have kept intimate partner homicide high on the agenda. I have been lucky enough to be part of some of those discussions and it has inspired me to try and give answers to some of the questions that have arisen...

Homicide Timeline Online Training

It is a fact that even before the Covid-19 lockdown there was an increase in domestic homicides. There has been another increase during the lockdown and sadly I predict this will continue. It’s important to recognise that the lockdown is not creating abusers, it is however bringing them out of the shadows. These homicides are...