Domestic violence increases during football matches

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Lancaster University researchers have found that domestic abuse increases during England World Cup football matches – especially if the team lose. Domestic abuse rose by 38% in Lancashire when the England team played and lost and increased by 26% when the England national team played and won or drew compared with days when there was…

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Domestic Violence – Uniform National Laws

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Bill Shorten, Labor Party leadership hopeful, has pledged to work towards standard laws across Australia for family violence. He said that “there should be common definitions of what constitutes domestic violence across the country.” Last year incidents of domestic violence in Victoria increased by 20% to 60,829 and Intervention Orders and Family Violence Safety notices…

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