title: Government implementation of domestic violence protection measures nationwide.
abstract: As part of its policy to end violence against women and girls, the UK Government is rolling out domestic violence protection powers that will enable police to act more quickly in urgent situations. The new provisions follow on from the successful roll out of 'Clare's law', which allows information relating to a person's previous abusive behaviour to be passed to their partner. This article sets out the powers available to the police and court to protect people from domestic violence.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Health Science, Swansea University.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D013222:State Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom