Over 1000 DV Cases in Scotland Every Week

Domestic abuse was today branded "Scotland's national shame" after almost 7,000 incidents were reported to police in six weeks.

A six-month campaign is now being launched by a specialist police anti-violence unit to tackle the problem.

There were 6,868 incidents of domestic abuse reported to police forces across the country between December 8 last year and January 18 this year.

Over the same period there were 6,035 children who were exposed to such incidents.

Full story Source The Herald 27 April 2009