'Coronavirus murders’: media narrative about domestic abuse during lockdown is wrong and harmful

Authors: Williamson, Emma;

Lombard, Nancy;

Brooks-Hay, Oona

Source: The Conversation

Full text

: https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/publications/c6c0370c-6fbd-444e-bd75-2ba560bdcecd

Abstract

In more “normal” times, two women a week are murdered by their partners in the UK, but these crimes rarely make the news. Now, following lockdown around the world, there has been a flurry of reports of a surge in domestic violence and abuse (DVA) cases. Domestic abuse has been deemed newsworthy. Has it taken a global health crisis to shine a light on violence against women in the home?

Rights

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

Cite as

Williamson, E., Lombard, N. & Brooks-Hay, O. 2020, ''Coronavirus murders’: media narrative about domestic abuse during lockdown is wrong and harmful', The Conversation, Glasgow, 15 May. Available at: https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/publications/c6c0370c-6fbd-444e-bd75-2ba560bdcecd

Downloadable citations

HTML BIB RIS

Identifiers

Repository URI: https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/publications/c6c0370c-6fbd-444e-bd75-2ba560bdcecd