Scottish Government

A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication
Published September 2005
ISBN 0 7559 2725 7
ISSN 0264 1178
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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Main points
3. Commentary
3.1. Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police
3.2. Incidents of domestic abuse per 100,000 population
3.3. Incidents of domestic abuse by gender of victim and perpetrator
3.4. Level of repeat victimisation
3.5. Incidents of domestic abuse by age of victim and perpetrator
3.6. Incidents of domestic abuse by relationship between victim and perpetrator
3.7. Location of incidents of domestic abuse
3.8. Crimes and offences of domestic abuse, action taken by police
4. Appendix of tables
5. Annex: Notes on statistics used in this bulletin
Scottish Executive Statistical Services