Country | Barbados |
Year | 2013 |
Type of Measure | Police > Protocols and guidelines |
Form of Violence | Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence |
The Family Conflict Unit was organized following a series of killings of women by their intimate partners or former partners which resulted in great public outcry and the call for harsher measures to be taken to prevent and eradicate domestic violence. Numerous measures have been put in place to deal more effectively and efficiently with cases of domestic violence. With the advent of the Unit there seems to be a heightened awareness of the problem.