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Cohabitation no longer predicts divorce

For more than 20 years, researchers have reported that premarital cohabitation is associated with an elevated risk of divorce. However, a recent report from America has cast doubt on this assumption.

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Children and domestic abuse

A new study from the national charity CAADA has found that two thirds of children exposed to domestic abuse had experienced direct child abuse, in addition to witnessing the abuse of a parent. Despite this, only half (54%) of the children exposed to domestic abuse were known to Children's Social Care.

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Calls for re-examination of domestic violence prosecution guidelines

New figures have shown that many domestic violence cases are prosecuted in the lower-level courts, leading to calls from the Scottish Liberal Democrats for a review of prosecution guidelines for cases of domestic violence.

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