The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland. [Video recording]

Pedersen, Sarah; Mueller-Hirth, Natascha; Miller, Leia

Abstract

Domestic violence is a major public health, human rights and equality issue that effects one in three women globally. It exposes its victims to psychological, sexual and physical harm, which can have enormous impact throughout their lives. However, despite the fact that one fifth of the Scottish population lives in remote, rural and island communities, there has been little research into the impact of domestic violence in these areas. The challenges faced by victims of domestic abuse were further heightened by COVID-19 and the associated lockdown, which typically led to abusers spending more time with their victims. Stress factors such as having to work from home, concerns about health and money, having to homeschool children, all meant that tensions were heightened anyway during the pandemic. Lockdown conditions were used by abusers to intensify or conceal their violence. For example, to intensify coercive control by using lockdown laws. This project which is funded by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and in partnership with Police Scotland set out to examine the impact of the COVID pandemic on partnerships between the police and third sector gender based violence service providers in rural, remote and island communities in Scotland.

Citation

PEDERSON, S., MUELLER-HIRTH, N. and MILLER, L. 2023. The impact of COVID-19 on partnerships between police and GBV service providers in remote, rural and island communities in Scotland. [Video recording]. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University. Hosted on OpenAIR. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2034925

• Digital Artefact Type: Video
• Online Publication Date: Aug 7, 2023
• Publication Date: Jul 24, 2023
• Deposit Date: Aug 24, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 24, 2023
• Publisher: Robert Gordon University
• Keywords: Gender domestic violence (GBV); Women; COVID-19 pandemic; Scotland; Rural communities; Island communities
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2034925
• Related Public URLs: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2049031 (Project report); https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1357852 (Conference webinar); https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1866788 (Related journal article in Island Studies Journal); https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2023145 (Related article in Policing); https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1346357 (Related report)