Examination of Witnesses (Questions 100
- 101)
TUESDAY 22 JANUARY 2008
DISTRICT JUDGE
MARILYN MORNINGTON,
LORD JUSTICE
WALL AND
MR PHIL
MACKIN
Q100 Margaret Moran: My eyebrows
shot up when it is suggested that the voluntary sector would have
the resources to be able to do that.
Mr Mackin: I am sorry. There would
have to be resources to do that. That would be a piece of work
by ourselves.
Margaret Moran: The reason I raise it
is that I do not know how you can evaluate your effectiveness
if you do not track through the whole system. If you want to come
back with some further information on that it would be helpful.
Chairman: Would you like a note on that?
Margaret Moran: That is what I suggest.
Chairman: We would be most grateful if
you could let us have a note on the points raised by Margaret
Moran.
Q101 Margaret Moran: To save time,
could you also provide a note on issues around perpetrators under
21? I understand that there are programmes that kick in at 21.
What happens to people under 21, and do you have any plans to
introduce programmes for them?
District Judge Mornington: Perhaps
I may say one thing on perpetrator programmes. As far as I know,
there are no women in prison who are perpetrators of domestic
violence. In particular, if you ask prison governors you will
find that there are no programmes in prison to address the enormous
damage done to women by domestic violence which leads to their
criminality. Governors say that for a large majority of their
prisoners one of the factors in their criminality is the effect
of domestic violence on them. While we are spending money on male
perpetrators to balance things up perhaps we should do something
for women who end up in prison because they are victims.
Chairman: I thank all of you very much
for coming.
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