COVID-19 is not a cause of domestic abuse and focusing on this event obscures the underlying causes, offering perpetrators excuses for their abusive behaviour.
- Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Glasgow
Only 5% of rape complaints in the UK end in convictions – what a legacy for the #metoo generation.
As was confirmed recently by figures from Police Scotland, there has been a 23% increase in recorded cases of rape north of the border over the past year. In 2013-14, the first year of Police Scotland’s…
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