Estimates reveal one in five girls aged 16-19 in England and Wales have experienced domestic abuse
Not enough is being done to tackle misogyny among young boys and toxic online influences, according to the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for domestic abuse, as she reacted to data showing 18% of 16- to 19-year-oldgirls are estimated to be victims of abuse.
Louisa Rolfe said: “That’s a huge proportion of young people. And we work very hard in this space to look at where we apply justice outcomes, but we don’t want to criminalise a whole cohort of young people. We absolutely must identify the most harmful behaviour, but also our preference would be to prevent it.”
