0 Introduction1 Violence /Domestic Violence2 Being a couple3 Women as perpetrators4 Lesbian lives5 Violence in lesbian partnerships6 Diagnosis and risk assessment7 Work with lesbian perpetrators8 Work with partners9 Community Response10 Case studies11 Literature12 Addresses13 Archive

5. VIOLENCE IN LESBIAN PARTNERSHIPS

• 1. Specific definition of domestic violence in lesbian partnerships
• 2. Myths and stereotypes about violence in lesbian partnerships
• 3. Anglo-American research
• 4. Research limitations
• 5. Police crime statistics - metropolitan police statistics
  • 5.1 Providing context: academic research on same sex domestic violence
  • 5.2 UK definitions of domestic violence
  • 5.3 Using police crime data to research
  • 5.4 Characteristics of incidences
  • 5.5 Characteristics of victim and offender
  • 5.6 Actions taken by police
• 6. Data from NGOs
• 7. Legal limitations and barriers

5. Police crime statistics - metropolitan police statistics

This report outlines an analysis of domestic violence in same sex relationships using police records from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). More specifically this work is part of a joint research project aimed at increasing the understanding of women perpetrators of domestic violence in same sex relationships. The analysis also offers a comparison of domestic violence in same sex relationships, or ‘same sex domestic violence’ (SSDV) with domestic violence in heterosexual relationships.

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