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<p>The CPS flags all cases identified as domestic violence according to the revised
Government definition implemented in March 2013. This includes the elements of coercive
control, and behaviours which do not display visible injuries such as psychological
abuse which were introduced in the revised definition. However the records held by
the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) cannot separately identify the number of people
prosecuted for each of these elements. Such information could only be obtained through
a manual search of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p>
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