THE number of incidents of domestic abuse reported to police has risen 7% in a year, new figures show.
In Scotland, there were 59,847 incidents recorded in 2011-12, compared with 55,698 the previous year, and more than half were recorded as a crime or an offence by police.
Where information was available, almost two-thirds involved victims who have previously experienced domestic abuse, and around one in six cases (17%) involved a male victim and a female perpetrator.
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