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10 Jan 2013

ACPO comment on an overview of sexual offending in England and Wales statistical bulletin

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This joint bulletin builds on the picture of sexual offending from offence through the criminal justice process and will further sharpen our ongoing focus on reducing the number of victims and prosecuting more rapists

ACPO lead on adult sex offending Deputy Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt said:

“Sex offences are [no, may be] extremely harmful and are treated very seriously. The investigation of sexual offending is a complex area for both police and prosecutors and joint working to ensure best evidence and successful convictions is critical. In recent years the service has been working hard to improve our response in this area, including improving our recording and reporting practices and working with other partner agencies, including health, to encourage victims of sexual offences to come forward and report offences.

“This joint bulletin builds on the picture of sexual offending from offence through the criminal justice process and will further sharpen our ongoing focus on reducing the number of victims; successfully prosecuting more rapists; and providing better support and care for victims.”"

http://www.acpo.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/ACPO-comment-on-an-overview-of-sexual-offending-in-England-and-Wales-statistical-bulletin-1de.aspx

2013

Criminal justice and sentencing statistics: An overview of sexual offending in England and Waless

"An overview of sexual offending in England and Wales

Joint statistical bulletin published by Ministry of Justice, Home Office and the Office for National Statistics.

This is an Official Statistics bulletin produced by statisticians in the Ministry of Justice, Home Office and the Office for National Statistics. It brings together, for the first time, a range of official statistics from across the crime and criminal justice system, providing an overview of sexual offending in England and Wales. The report is structured to highlight: the victim experience; the police role in recording and detecting the crimes; how the various criminal justice agencies deal with an offender once identified; and the criminal histories of sex offenders.

Providing such an overview presents a number of challenges, not least that the available information comes from different sources that do not necessarily cover the same period, the same people (victims or offenders) or the same offences. This is explained further in the attached report."

http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/criminal-justice/sexual-offending-statistics

100,000 assaults. 1,000 rapists sentenced. Shockingly low conviction rates revealed 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/100000-assaults-1000-rapists-sentenced-shockingly-low-conviction-rates-revealed-8446058.html

One-in-40 women has been victim of a sex crime in last year

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4736736/One-in-40-women-has-been-victim-of-a-sex-crime-in-past-year.html

VICTIMS SHOULD COME FIRST

http://westmidlands-pccvictimssummit2013-estw.eventbrite.co.uk/

11 January, 2013 - 18:07

How big is the gap between the number of rape cases and convictions? 

"While all the figures quoted in the Independent infographic are taken from the official data held by the Ministry of Justice, it doesn't account for the subtlety needed to properly understand them.

The 95,000 rape cases identified by the paper is the upper boundary to an estimate that includes attempted rapes, while the figures given for prosecutions and convictions refer to individual offenders, rather than the cases they are associated with, and therefore aren't directly comparable to the 95,000 figure."

http://fullfact.org/factchecks/rape_cases_convictions_police_crime-28706

Monday 19 March 2012 12.05 GMT

Myths about rape conviction rates are putting people off going to the police 

"Media reports about rape do injustice to our legal system – it has improved and offers more protection than often though."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/19/myths-about-rape-conviction-rates