Violence In Teenage Relationships Is Increasing
Britain’s top prosecutor has warned that teenage relationships are becoming more violent due to internet porn.
Last year, Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said “We are clearly at risk of a whole new generation of domestic violence” in teenage relationships.
Mr Starmer said research had “shown that exploitation and violence in teenage relationships are more common than previously thought” and deemed it to be a very serious matter.
He has now said, “I have been concerned about the exposure of young people to all sorts of material. The emerging research tends to support that there is a lot of abuse within teenage relationships.”
The figures showed that teenage girls between 16 and 19 were at the highest risk of sexual assault, stalking and domestic abuse, with women ages 20 to 24 only slightly less at risk.
Violence against 13 to 15 year olds in relationships is just as likely to occur as attacks on those over 16.
The figures also showed that those who came from poor backgrounds were twice as likely to be abused by violent teenage partners.
This has resulted in the Crown Prosecution Service to now review whether action should be taken to curb the surge in domestic violence among teenagers.
Members of Parliament are now pushing to have a block on internet porn, by internet providers filtering the content out, and users having to opt to see it.
Campaigners for the block were angered earlier this year when the Department for Culture, Media and Sport suggested they had ruled out the idea but due to campaigning from the Daily Mail, the idea is now back on the table.
Helen Goodman, Labour’s media spokesman, told the Daily Mail, “Keir Starmer seems to be more up to date with what’s really going on than the Government.
“This is what many of us have suspected, despite denials from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport of persuasive evidence. It needs to be addressed.”
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Cara Mason @FemaleFirst_UK
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