Domestic violence: no help for male victims

IT is unlikely at this stage that anyone will be surprised by a recent study of patients attending their family doctors which found that 52% of men and 43% of women have experienced domestic violence.

The outcome of this study, which was carried out by researchers from Trinity College Dublin and published in the European Journal of General Practice, reflects the findings of all the other two-sex studies that have been carried out in Ireland.

These include the large-scale study by the National Crime Council which found that roughly equal numbers of women and men are victims of domestic violence.