Not enough is being done to tackle misogyny among young boys and the toxic online influences on them, according to the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for domestic abuse in response to data showing an estimated 18% of 16- to 19-year-old girls are victims of abuse.
Louisa Rolfe said: “That’s a huge proportion of young people. And we work very hard in this space to look at where we apply justice outcomes, but we don’t want to criminalise a whole cohort of young people. We absolutely must identify the most harmful behaviour, but also our preference would be to prevent it.”
