Rape victims 'systematically failed' in England and Wales

Rape victims 'systematically failed' in England and Wales, report finds

Rape survivors who report their attackers are being systematically failed by the criminal justice system resulting in an average wait of nearly two years ...

Criminal justice system continues to fail rape victims - hmicfrs

The criminal justice system (CJS) is failing victims of rape, and widespread reform is needed to build trust and secure justice, a new report has found.

Evidence - UK Parliament Committees

Some of our research, undertaken with a local sexual assault charity, suggests some of the barriers survivors face in reporting to police include shame and self ...

Rape victims still being 'failed' two years after action promised - BBC

The Centre for Women's Justice, End Violence Against Women Coalition, Rape Crisis England and Wales, and black feminist organisation Imkaan ...

Rape victims 'systematically failed' in England and Wales, report ...

Rape victims 'systematically failed' in England and Wales, report finds – The Guardian. Posted February 25th, 2022 in criminal justice, Crown Prosecution ...

Rape victims being 'continually and systematically failed', report finds

The report found it took an average of nearly two years (706 days) between reporting an offence to police and the start of a criminal trial ...

U.K. Justice System Has Failed Rape Victims, Government Says

Ministers apologized for “systemic failings” after a report confirmed that, even as sexual assaults have risen in England and Wales in ...

CPS data shows survivors still being failed as record numbers of ...

The latest Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) data released today, 21st July 2022, shows it is still failing to meet its own targets to ...

Rape myths in a large English police force - Sage Journals

Previous research has found high rape myth acceptance among police officers. Given that the police act as gatekeepers to the criminal justice ...

Support or justice: a triangulated multi-focal view of sexual assault ...

The underreporting of sexual offences is concerning because victims face disproportionate long-term psychological, physical, and reproductive ...

The end-to-end rape review report on findings and actions - GOV.UK

Rape and sexual violence are horrific and devastating crimes that can impact victims for the rest of their lives. When victims take the brave step of ...

Rape victims 'continually and systematically' failed by justice system ...

On average more than two years passes from the date of reporting an alleged rape to the police to the start of any trial, according to a damning report from ...

Call for special UK 'rape courts' to tackle 2-year wait for trial

They added: “Rape victims are continually and systematically failed by the criminal justice system.” Communication with victims ahead of a trial ...

Why the justice system is failing rape survivors and what needs to ...

Although the large majority of victims/survivors of sexual violence and abuse are women and girls, we are in no denial that men and boys are ...

Rape Stereotype Acceptance in the General Population of England ...

The #MeToo movement has facilitated a growing awareness in the UK of rape stereotypes but there has been little research on how accurately rape is perceived ...

Male rape: survivors, support and the law in late twentieth-century ...

Abstract. Until 1994, men were not recognized legally as victims of rape in England and Wales. This article explores the history of male ...

The distressing truth is that if you are raped in Britain today, your ...

“The whole process has been more traumatic than the actual rape. I have zero belief in the justice legal system.” Victim response to Victims' ...

How rape survivors are continually failed by the justice system - Stylist

Earlier in the year, a shocking report into the the police and Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) response to rape cases has found that victims of sexual violence ...

Police perceptions of rape victims and the impact on case decision ...

Victim credibility, but not blaming or RMA, can affect police decision making. Abstract. Police officers are frequently perceived to hold negative attitudes ...

UK government rape review is a starting point, not a 'victory lap'

Analysis: the report is extraordinary as mea culpas go, but short on direct action to make promises reality.