Domestic abusers don’t always stop in the home – partners’ friends and family can become victims too

By Morag Kennedy, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Nottingham Trent University

Intimate partner abuse occurs between two distinct parties: the victim and the perpetrator. But the harm done can be much more complicated than this. It often spills over to affect families, friends and many others in the victim’s life.

Within the traditional criminal justice system in the UK and beyond, this concept of two distinct parties is referred to as the “victim-perpetrator dichotomy”.…

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