Maltreatment in close relations

Included in the Violence and maltreatment group of offence. Includes maltreatment both with and without physical violence. Until 1 October 2015, the statistics and the Penal Code used the definition maltreatment ‘within family relations’, which in the Penal Code of 2005 is broadened to also include maltreatment ‘in close relations’. See the Penal Code of 2005 section 282 and Standard for types of offences 2015.