Shaping Domestic Abuse Policy and Practice

Impact: Societal impacts, Political impacts

Narrative

Research on domestic violence and abuse, undertaken by Professor David Gadd, has had significant impact on UK and international responses to domestic abuse, in three key areas:
1. Improving practice through the development of school-based preventative strategies for domestic abuse in the UK and three other European countries.
2. Developing interventions for men who use violence against partners
3. Influencing domestic abuse policy at national and local level, accreditation standards in the UK and the UK government’s This is Abuse social marketing campaign.
Impact date20132020
Category of impactSocietal impacts, Political impacts