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About About 75,00075,000 children witness children witness domestic abuse domestic abuse
every yearevery year
In In 50% 50% of known of known domestic abuse domestic abuse
cases, children were cases, children were also directly abused also directly abused
by the same by the same perpetratorperpetrator
In In 90% 90% of cases of of cases of domestic abuse, domestic abuse,
children are in the children are in the same or next roomsame or next room
In the 12 months to In the 12 months to September 2014, there were September 2014, there were a total of a total of 591 591 children living children living
in the households of the in the households of the cases discussed at Multi-cases discussed at Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Agency Risk Assessment
Conferences (MARACs) in Conferences (MARACs) in East SussexEast Sussex
“I can’t really remember a time when mum and dad haven’t been arguing. I feel like the arguments just keep running inside my head, when I’m at school and when I
go to bed at night”
“I just wish the fighting would stop. When it suddenly goes quite, I lie in bed wondering how mum is, but I’m too scared to go down. If only I wasn’t so scared I could do something to
help. It makes me feel so bad”
“Dad and me are okay together some of the time. He bought me a games console last year. But when it’s time to go home after school I feel my stomach getting tight. I
know I’ll be in big trouble if I’m late but sometimes anything seems better than going home”
Easily startledEasily startled
Complaints of physical Complaints of physical symptoms such as tummy symptoms such as tummy
achesaches
Temper tantrumsTemper tantrums
Behaving much younger Behaving much younger than they arethan they are
Withdrawn Withdrawn from other from other
peoplepeople
Lowered sense of self-Lowered sense of self-worthworth
Injuries which seem inconsistent with explanation given
Uncharacteristic behaviours i.e. distracted, unable to concentrate
Needing regular time off for ‘appointments’
Changes in quality of work performance for unexplained reasons
Embarrassed about injuries or home
situation
Repeated injuries such as bruises that are
explained away