FOOTNOTES
1 UK Government Forced Marriage Unit http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/fco-in-action/nationals/forced-marriage-unit/
2 National Strategy to Address Domestic Abuse, Scottish Executive, 2000, pg 1; Preventing Violence Against Women - Action Across the Scottish Executive, Scottish Executive, 2001, pg 55.
3 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/bcs1.html
4 www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/human-trafficking-action-plan
5 www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc__18605.pdf
6 http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/Chapter3-Chapter4.pdf
7 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/hors276.pdf
8 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/11/21110133/0
9 See Footnote 8
10 See Footnote 8
11 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/hors276.pdf
12 www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/09/12093427/9
13 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/09/29155946/7
14 See Footnote 13
15 Homicide in Scotland, Statistical Bulletin, 2006-07, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/207004/0054998.pdf p10, section 6.5, accessed 25 March 2009
16 In considering the relationship of the main accused person to a victim, partner includes: spouse, separated or divorced spouse, cohabitee, lover, boy/girlfriend but not necessarily ex-boyfriend/girlfriend pre-2000/01, as these may have been recorded as simply acquaintances. Partner figures for 2000/01 onwards do include ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.
17 Homicide in Scotland, Statistical Bulletin, 2006-07, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/207004/0054998.pdf p11, section 6.8, accessed 25 March 2009
18 Harry Kissoon et al. 'Prevalence and patterns of intimate partner violence amongst adolescent mothers during the postpartum period', Archives of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Vol, 156, No. 4, 2002 quoted in Women's Aid, Safe, Issue 26, 2008, p7)
19 Burman, M and Cartmel, F (2005) Young People's Attitudes Towards Gendered Violence, Edinburgh: NHS Scotland
20 Alexander, H, Macdonald, E and Paton, S (2005) 'Raising the Issue of Domestic Abuse in School', Children and Society, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp187-198
21 Dorkenoo et al 'A Statistical Study to Estimate the Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation in England and Wales'. Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD) http://www.forwarduk.org.uk/key-issues/fgm/research
22 UK Government Forced Marriage Unit http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/fco-in-action/nationals/forced-marriage-unit/
23 1998: Tjaden & Thoennes
24 2005: Dr Lorraine Sheridan - Study for Leicester University
25 http://www.equalities.gov.uk/
26 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/downloads/FPCW/cohsarfinalreport.pdf
27 Izzidien, Domestic abuse within South Asian Communities: the specific needs of women, children and young people, NSPCC, 2008, p15
28 www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/09/15201/9609
29 Council of Europe Ad Hoc Committee on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence ( CAHVIO (2009) 3, Strasbourg, March 2009, pg 16.
30 In Partnership, Challenging Domestic Abuse, December 2008.