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Police report shows spike in domestic abuse offences

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MONKLANDS residents are being urged to share domestic abuse concerns with police as a new report highlights a spike in offences at home and in cyber space.The Police Scotland report shows almost 1700 offences were recorded under new domestic abuse laws during its first year in legislation.Introduced on April 1 last year, the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act criminalised the coercive and controlling behaviours used by domestic abusers, creating a single offence which covers the full range of abusive behaviours whether physical, psychological, financial or sexual.The report reveals 1681 crimes under DASA were recorded during the year, with 1158 detected.The new offences are counted within Group 1 crimes of violence, which increased by 1297.

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