Dr Julia Downes writes for Transforming Society

Hopeful sign on the road reminding people not to give up

'When UK government policy swung to a police-enforced lockdown on 23 March we were told that if we ‘stay home’ we would ‘protect the NHS and save lives’. But staying at home does not make everyone safe... In the first four weeks of lockdown domestic violence killings have doubled with 13 women and 4 children believed to have been killed.'

Dr Julia Downes is a Lecturer in Criminology and contributor to the Journal of Gender-Based Violence. In this article, Dr Downes highlights the structural and interpersonal violence that domestic violence victims are facing during lockdown.

Read the article on the Transforming Society website, originally posted 7 May, 2020