GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILETHAILANDMEASURESDEPARTMENT OF PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CRIMES CONCERNING WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN
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Department of Prevention and Suppression of Crimes Concerning with Women and Children
Type of Measure
Services > Justice > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2008
Brief Description
The Office of the National Police has established the Department of Prevention and Suppression of Crimes Concerning with Women and Children to handle cases of violence against women. While the Department is based in the Office of the National Police in Bangkok, the officers, which include female interrogators/policewomen, may be expected to go to the place where violence occurred to assist female/young victims during the interrogation and legal process.
Source of Information
Response of the Government of Thailand to the questionnaire on violence against women, 2009
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