GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEISRAELMEASURESTASK FORCE OF INVESTIGATORS ON SPOUSAL VIOLENCE AND SEX OFFENCES
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Task Force of Investigators on Spousal Violence and Sex Offences
Type of Measure
Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual violence
Year
1999
Brief Description
A special task force of 200 investigators specializing in treatment of spousal violence and sex offences has been in operation since the beginning of 1999. Nine female Arab investigators have been appointed for work with the Arab sector. In every Police station at least two investigators are trained especially for treatment of spousal violence offences.
Source of Information
Response of the Government of Israel to the questionnaire on violence against women, February 2009
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