1 in 20 people aged 16 and over experienced some form of Domestic Violence and Abuse in 2021/2022 in the UK, per the Office of National Statistics. In light of these numbers, and the impacts of another economic recession in the UK looming large, Max and Professor Sid Bandyopadhyay sit down to discuss the impacts of Domestic Violence on the socio-economic environment. Enjoy! Professor Sidd Bandyopadhyay: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/business/bandyopadhyay-siddhartha References 1) Unemployment substantially increases domestic violence, new study finds, CAGE Research Centre, 2021 https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/05-10-21-unemployment_substantially_increases_domestic_violence_new_study_finds/ 2) Domestic abuse prevalence and trends, England and Wales: year ending March 2021, Office for National Statistics, 2021 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/domesticabuseprevalenceandtrendsenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2021 3) Crime in England and Wales: year ending September 2021, Office for National Statistics, 2021 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2021 4) Coronavirus: Domestic abuse offences increased during pandemic, BBC News, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55073229 5) The Rise of Intimate Partner Violence During the Great Recession, Mel Policicchio, 2016 https://spia.princeton.edu/news/rise-intimate-partner-violence-during-great-recession 6) About CARA, projectcara.org.uk, 2024 https://projectcara.org.uk/about/ 7) Batterer Intervention Program (BIP), Cunha & Caridade, 2023 https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-85493-5_88-1 8) Impact evaluation and economic benefit analysis of a domestic violence and abuse UK police intervention, Karavias et al, 2023 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1063701/full 9) Regional ethnic diversity, Gov.uk, 2022 https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/uk-population-by-ethnicity/national-and-regional-populations/regional-ethnic-diversity/latest/# 10) Costs per place and costs per prisoner by individual prison, Ministry of Justice, 2023 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1140557/costs-per-place-and-costs-per-prisoner-2021-to-2022-summary.pdf 11) How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours, BBC News, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-48885846 12) Cost of living: Why are things so hard for so many people?, BBC News, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62128069 13) NHS backlog data analysis, British Medical Association, 2024 https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/nhs-delivery-and-workforce/pressures/nhs-backlog-data-analysis 14) Crime in England and Wales: year ending September 2021, Office for National Statistics, 2021 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2021 15) Crime in England and Wales: year ending September 2021, Office for National Statistics, 2021 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2021