Opinion: Why do we separate the mother and child victims of domestic abuse?

This means being taken away from their mothers – typically the victim in all this. But she’s not usually the one being violent. Most often it’s the children’s father or stepfather who is. As rates of reported domestic abuse soar – incidents sufficiently serious to be recorded by police as crimes rose 5% between 2016 and 2017 according to the Office for National Statistics – it’s estimated by the charity Safe Lives that 130 000 children live in households with “high‑risk” domestic abuse. So why are victims investigated by social services...

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