Dr Rachel Condry, who led the Oxford research into adolescent to parent violence
Oxford University researchers have conducted the first academic study into the hidden problem of adolescent to parent violence in the UK. Adolescent to parent violence is not a category currently flagged in police databases. Researchers analysed raw data from the London Metropolitan Police area, revealing that in one year (2009-2010) alone, there were 1,892 reported cases of 13-19-year-olds committing violent assaults against their own parents or other carers. The first report, published in the online version of the journal Criminology and Criminal Justice concludes that there needs to be a greater public awareness of the problem and a coordinated policy response for dealing with it. Earlier this year, the Home Office ruled that for the first time, 16 and 17-year-olds could be included in its official definition of domestic violence. The Oxford study points out that still leaves children who are under the age of 16 outside the official definition. In s with the researchers, parents who had been abused by their children reported feelings of shame and blame and said they feared the consequences for their children if they reported the problem.
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