Jan 5
The Hidden Cost of Misclassification in Domestic Violence Data
Abstract This essay examines how violence against women is routinely misrecorded within criminal justice, health, and state systems, leading to a profound underestimation of domestic abuse and gendered harm. By analysing the ways incidents are categorised, such as domestic assaults logged as “knife crime” or suicides linked to coercive control recorded without context, the piece argues that…