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Criminal Offence of Domestic Abuse Analysis of Consultation Responses

Published: 9 September 2016
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order
ISBN: 9781786523853

Analysis of responses to the consultation of proposed specific criminal offence of abusive behaviour in relation to a partner or ex-partner.

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1. Gas lighting is manipulating a victim into doubting their own sanity and memory. The abusive behaviour might include an abuser denying that previous abusive incidents ever occurred or staging events with the intention of disorientating the victim.

2. http://www.gov.scot/resource/doc/158940/0043185.pdf

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Email: Patrick Down, patrick.down@gov.scot

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