VAWG: Met moves from counting crimes to weighing them

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VAWG: Met moves from 'counting crimes to weighing them'

The force's Chief Scientific Officer Professor Lawrence Sherman says there have been enquiries from the UK and abroad since this approach was unveiled on July 18.

Date - 31st July 2023
By - Cash Boyle

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The Met is now "taking the organised crime or terrorism approach to male predatory violence" by using data to identify the most harmful VAWG suspects to whom extra resources will be allocated in a bid to protect women and...

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