Home Affairs - Third Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 13 June 2006.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1 Introduction

2 Background

3 Summary of the draft guideline on Overarching Principles: Domestic Violence

Definition of domestic violence

Assessing seriousness

Aggravating and mitigating factors

Other factors influencing sentence

The wishes and interests of victims and children

Factors to take into consideration

4 Summary of the draft guideline on Breach of a Protective Order

Statutory provisions

Sentencing for breach

Factors influencing sentencing

Aggravating and mitigating factors

5 General approach

6 Specific issues

Alternatives to custodial sentences

History of the relationship

Preservation of the relationship as a mitigating factor

Good character

Aggravating factors

Training, specialist courts and advisers, and review

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal minutes

List of written evidence

List of unprinted written evidence

Reports from the Home Affairs Committee since

WRITTEN EVIDENCE

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Prepared 28 June 2006