Anti-violence campaign not enough to stop abuse

The benefits of the Government's This is Abuse campaign will not be reaped unless followed up with compulsory domestic abuse education for all children, they also argue. The findings are part of a three year project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council called From Boys to Men. The team are in the process of analysing 1,200 young people's attitudes towards domestic violence and biographical s with thirty young men who have been victims of, witnesses to or perpetrators of domestic violence. This part of the study examined the reaction of three young people, who have carried out violence against women, to The Bedroom, a film directed by BAFTA award winner Shane Meadows. The Bedroom was the centrepiece of the This is Abuse campaign, which was first launched by the Labour Government in 2010. The campaign has since been continued and extended to tackle sexual violence under the Coalition. Project leader David Gadd is Director of the University's Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice.