Rape myths and unconscious biases often see juries and police officers disbelieve women who come forward with accusations of sexual assault.
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Interviews with women officers show the extent of misogynistic culture within police forces.
A policing expert on how ‘bad apples’ are supposed to be vetted and dealt with in UK police forces.
Whole-life sentences are rarely handed down in the UK. Recent instances of their use point to gendered violence finally being taken more seriously.
The structural and cultural challenges that have long plagued the Met Police will take more than a new commissioner to solve.
The police must challenge and change the damaging culture that for so long has allowed unacceptable behaviour by police officers to go unpunished.
Police officers are tasked with summarising accounts of violent incidents. And the language they use is extremely important.
The terrible murder of a British woman is a clear example of how our behaviour at work can be linked to violence against women.
The government’s violence against women strategy fails to adequately address the reasons for women’s lack of safety.
Investigations are underway over reports that Wayne Couzens exposed himself to women in the days leading up to his horrific crime.
As the government cracks down on the right to protest, we should remind ourselves of similarities between new legislation and older legacies of imperialism.
Across 29 countries, there are wide disparities between how women feel about going out alone and how men feel.
Women don’t feel safe outside and they don’t feel safe inside. Street lighting doesn’t solve the problem.
Clearly intended as a rhetorical device to highlight constraints on women’s lives, the Green Party peer faced an extraordinary backlash.
It starts with a basic conversation about their needs and fears.
Protest has not been explicitly outlawed during the pandemic. So let’s not pretend Clapham protesters should have expected the police response.
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Professor of Criminology, Durham University
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Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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