DEF's 3.5

• 1. Harassment & Stalking

  
  

  Harassment - A person causes alarm or distress by a course of conduct. The term harassment includes two or more offences of harassing a person, or harassment against more than one victim.

  
  

  Stalking - Collective term to use a pattern of behaviour that is fixated, obsessional, unwanted, repeated
• 2. Critical Incident - CoP

  Any incident where the effectiveness of the police response is likely to have a significant impact on the confidence of the victim, their family and/or the community
• 3. Vulnerability - CoP

  
  

  A person is vulnerable if, as a result of their situation or circumstances, they are unable to take care of or protect themselves, or others, from harm or exploitation
• 4. Domestic Abuse - s.1 (2),(3), (4) & (5) Domestic Abuse Act 2021

   

  Behaviour by a person("A") towards another person ("B") is "domestic abuse" if -

   

  (a) A and B are each aged 16 or over and are personally connected, and (b) the behaviour is abusive
• Behaviour is "abusive" if it consists of any of the following - 

  
  

  (a) physical or sexual abuse

  (b) violent or threatening behaviour

  (c) controlling or coercive behaviour

  (d) economic abuse

  (e) psychological, emotional or other abuse.

  
  

  • "Economic abuse' means any behaviour that has a substantial adverse effect on B's ability to - (a) acquire, use or maintain money or other property, or (b) obtain goods or services
  • A's Behaviour may be behaviour "towards" B despite the fact that it consists of conduct directed at another person (for example, B's child)