Scottish Government

Statistical Bulletin
Criminal Justice Series:CrJ/2002/7
DOMESTIC ABUSE RECORDED BY THE POLICE IN SCOTLAND, 1 JANUARY - 31 DECEMBER 2001

Published October 2002

A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Summary
3. Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by police force area
4. Incidents of domestic abuse per 100,000 population, by police force area
5. Incidents of domestic abuse by gender of victim and perpetrator
6. Level of repeat victimisation
7. Incidents of domestic abuse by age of victim and perpetrator
8. Incidents of domestic abuse by relationship between victim and perpetrator
9. Location of incidents of domestic abuse
10. Crimes and offences of domestic abuse, percentage cleared up and action taken by police
11. Appendix of tables
12. Annex - Notes on statistics used in this bulletin
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