On Tue, 2014-07-01 at 11:49 +0100, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > 98% of the statistics quoted online are false > > Including this :-) > On 01-Jul-2014 2:54 pm, "Deepa Mohan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 2:49 PM, SS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbISE9IM5Sk > > > > > > There is no explanation of how that statistic, 38% rise in domestic > > violence...women being knocked about as a direct result of England being > > knocked out, was arrived at. > > > > I am getting warier and warier of internet statistics and data....the net > > seems to be our modern equivalent of the vedas...ask not any question, but > > accept unhesitatingly... > > > > Deepa.
The best part about my Uncle Gokul, or should I say my Aunt Kokila (people like to call it Google) is that she will provide answers depending on what you search for. Some people, but ptobably not as high as 98%, think The Guardian is a worthless news portal. Having got that out of the way.. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/08/police-fear-rise-domestic-violence-world-cup > > Police are issuing personal warnings to men and women with a record of > domestic violence in the runup to England's first World Cup game, > acting on evidence that abuse against wives, girlfriends and partners > spikes dramatically in the aftermath of matches – whether the team > wins or loses. > > The most detailed research into the links between the football World > Cup and domestic abuse rates has revealed that in one force area in > England and Wales, violent incidents increased by 38% when England > lost – but also rose by 26% when they won. > > The research, by Lancaster University criminologist Dr Stuart Kirby, a > former police officer, monitored police reports of domestic violence > during the last three World Cups in 2002, 2006 and 2010. > > While domestic violence rose after each England game, incidents also > increased in frequency at each new tournament, raising fears that the > forthcoming competition in Brazil – where England's first game is > against Italy on Saturday 14 June – could see the highest ever World > Cup-related rises in domestic violence across the UK. > > Separate national research examining the 2010 World Cup echoed the > Kirby findings – with domestic abuse reports up 27.7% when the England > team won a game, and 31.5% when they lost. > > The research is being used by some police forces to try to prevent > attacks. > > In Essex, police are putting on extra patrols during and after > England's first match and placing domestic violence intelligence teams > in police control rooms. > > In the past few weeks, officers have drawn up a list of 117 high-risk > and high-frequency perpetrators – 110 men and seven women – using > intelligence drawn from domestic abuse data, risk assessments and > football violence data. > > The individuals will be visited at home by officers and warned not to > vent their feelings on their partners. Essex police are also running a > high-profile social media and advertising campaign – informed by > interviews with victims of domestic abuse – to raise awareness of the > crime's prevalence, highlight that victims can be male, female, gay or > straight, and call on the public to stand together to fight it. >
