Controlling or coercive behaviour offenders to be added to ViSOR

Police forces will have to treat VAWG on a par with terrorism, serious and organised crime and child sexual abuse after it was categorised as a national threat for the first time.

Those jailed for at least a year or given a suspended sentence for a conviction of controlling or coercive behaviour will be jointly managed by the police, prison and probation services under a raft of new proposals designed to crack down on...