Incidents of domestic abuse are on the rise in Scotland, figures from the chief statistician reveal.

An estimated 24,000 cases of domestic abuse in Hull prompts a scheme to cut household misery

A gay couple who were attacked as they walked through Cardiff holding hands appeal for help finding the perpetrators.

Police check distinctive graffiti tags to try to identify the perpetrators.

Sri Lanka's government is one of the worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances, a report says.

More than seven in 10 children have bullied others, according to research by the Beatbullying charity.

Cho Seung-hui was a deeply troubled young man whose actions and intentions fit a pattern of school and college shootings.

Middle-aged male senior company executives are the main perpetrators of fraud, a survey suggests.

German police are trying to find the perpetrators of an attack on a Jewish nursery in Berlin.

Police hunt the perpetrator of an attack which left a man in his 20s with serious facial injuries.

Congolese have votes, but should they now deal with their violent past?

Indian authorities seach for clues to the perpetrators of Mumbai's multiple rail bombs.

An influential committee of MPs opposes moves to send domestic violence offenders to therapy rather than jail.

How DNA from a crime scene can identify relatives of the perpetrator, raising ethical concerns.

Proposals to allow some perpetrators of domestic violence to escape jail, have angered women's groups.

Britons caught up in terrorism overseas have been advised to sue the perpetrators, it has been revealed.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who oversaw the post-apartheid reconciliation in South Africa, tells the Magazine about bringing killers and victims together in Northern Ireland. Sean Coughlan reports.

South African moves to prosecute apartheid-era crimes are soft on the perpetrators, says a victims' support group.

Some 20 criminal cases during apartheid could soon be prosecuted, South African authorities say.

Police launch an anti domestic violence campaign which for the first time also targets the gay community.