Prosecutions
(asked on 11th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions there have been for (1) coercive and controlling behaviour, (2) stalking, (3) forced marriage, (4) female genital mutilation, and (5) revenge pornography since 2015.
The number of prosecutions in England and Wales for (1) ‘Engaging in coercive/ controlling behaviour in an intimate/ family relationship’, (2) stalking, (3) forced marriage, (4) female genital mutilation, and (5) ‘Disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress’ (revenge pornography) since 2015 can be found in the attached table.
Data for 2018 will be published in May 2019.
Table: Number of prosecutions for offences in England and Wales, year ending December 2015 to year ending December 2017(1)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Engaging in coercive/ controlling behaviour in an intimate/ family relationship(2) | - | 155 | 468 |
Stalking | 1084 | 870 | 1206 |
Forced marriage | 4 | 11 | 9 |
Female genital mutilation | - | 1 | - |
Disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress | 82 | 267 | 294 |
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Source: MoJ Court Proceedings database |
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Notes:
(1) The figures presented relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe
(2) Engaging in coercive/ controlling behaviour in an intimate/ family relationship was made a specific offence in the Crime Act 2015. New offences take time to feed into the courts, explaining why prosecution data begins in 2016