Partner exploitation and violence in teenage intimate relationships

The NSPCC and University of Bristol have published the first major British  study of the incidence and impact of violence in teenage intimate relationships. The report found that such violence has to be regarded as a significant issue in child welfare, with girls reporting far more frequent incidences of violence than boys, and that these had a greater negtive impact. Younger girls (13-15) were just as likely to experience violence as young women age 16+ and few reported the violence to an adult.