The failed police investigation into claims of a VIP paedophile ring has had “a disastrous effect” for genuine abuse victims, a cleared former MP has said. Harvey Proctor, who was
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A law to permit judges to address the “unenlightened views” of some jurors in sex crime cases and crack down on “revenge porn” has been passed by the Scottish Parliament.
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More than 4,000 emergency orders have been issued to protect victims from suspected domestic abusers, new figures have revealed. Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) were rolled out nationally in 2014
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The criminal justice system is failing to deliver value for money, spending watchdogs have warned, with victims facing delays, collapsed cases and a postcode lottery. Two-thirds of cases do not
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A new Victims’ Code for Scotland which sets out the rights of victims in one place, has been launched this week. Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs Paul Wheelhouse
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Government changes to the rules for obtaining legal aid in domestic violence cases have been declared legally flawed by the Court of Appeal. Women’s rights campaigners argued large numbers of
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People who carry out the most violent domestic abuse are to be challenged about their behaviour on a one-to-one basis for the first time. A new scheme, known as Drive,
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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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An independent inquiry into the abuse of children in care is to take evidence from some seriously-ill and elderly victims “as a matter of urgency”, its chair has announced. Susan
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Potentially crucial evidence was lost and a suspect was free to carry on offending because of “unacceptable” delays in child sex inquiries at a police force, a report by watchdogs
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