This guide has been designed to promote awareness amongst police officers of the different forms of violence against women and children, including trafficking. It forms part of a package of human rights training and awareness materials developed by the Council of Europe Police and Human Rights 1997-2000 Programme.
In this issue the key findings from an evaluation of the project 'Domestic Violence Matters' (DVM). DVM is a three-year experimental development project and an innovative answer to domestic violence in Islington. It's goals are to provide a civilian crisis intervention service to follow up police responces, enhance law enforcement responses and create consistent and co-ordinated responses among local agencies.