Rape Crisis Scotland have announced the launch of Shetland Rape Crisis service at an event at The Mareel in Lerwick yesterday. The new service will offer support, advocacy and information
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The number of sex crimes reported to police has passed 100,000 in a year for the first time, while homicides jumped by more than a tenth, official figures have revealed.
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A researcher at the University of Huddersfield is recreating rape trials – with the participation of professional lawyers and actors – in order to discover if low conviction rates are
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Calls to the national domestic abuse helpline have soared by nearly a fifth in a year, fuelled in part by a hard-hitting storyline about coercive control in The Archers. Britons
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Authorities clamoured outside Sheffield Crown Court to praise victims for their “incredible bravery” in reliving their past trauma. Temporary detective chief inspector Martin Tait, from South Yorkshire Police, called the
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Nearly a third of female rape victims are girls aged under 16, new figures indicate. The findings emerged as the first detailed breakdown of the age and gender of victims
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A group of 12 men who sexually exploited a vulnerable teenage schoolgirl for their own “selfish, sexual gratification” have received jail sentences of up to 20 years. Eleven of the
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Rape and sex assault victims are being let down in as many as one in three cases, a study by the prosecution watchdog suggests. Inspectors found specialist CPS units had
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Legislation aimed at addressing the “unenlightened and ill-founded” attitudes of some jurors in sexual offence trials has passed its first stage at Holyrood. The Scottish Government’s Abusive Behaviour and Sexual
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BBC director-general Tony Hall has described the sexual abuse by broadcaster Jimmy Savile as a “dark chapter” in the corporation’s history. And he vowed that the review into its culture
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