Dec 02, 2006Articles: Study: Few Report Same-Sex Domestic Abuse To Authorities
By vanrozenheim
(London) In what is regarded as the biggest study undertaken in the UK involving domestic abuse by same-sex partners researchers have found violence in gay and lesbian relationships is far greater than previously believed but few victims go to police. The study, by the Universities of Bristol and Sunderland, found that many victims do not realize they are are covered by domestic abuse lass and of those who do they don't believe their are cases would be investigated because they are gay. The report concludes that major public awareness campaigns law to be mounted, both within the LGBT community and among law enforcement, including prosecutors and domestic violence survivor support groups.
