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Specialist sexual offences prosecution team for Lothian and Borders area
Monday, October 22, 2007

“Top prosecutor welcomes sex offences team” Evening News
“Legal team to raise rape conviction rate” Herald
“Bringing rapists to book” Herald
“Specialist team to aid training of sex-offence prosecutors” Scotsman
“Special sexual offences team set up” STV

Press release

“Rape and sexual offences” Scot. Gov.

Posted by MM on Mon 22nd Oct 2007 at 8:04 am
Courts Procurators Fiscal Gender and crime Rape
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More sexual history evidence in court suggests failure of 2002 law to protect complainers

Update

“Anger as prosecutors ignore law on rape accused’s past crimes” Scotsman

Following posted on 09.13.07

“Law worsens rape victims’ court ordeal” Herald
“‘More women’ facing sex history court ordeal” Scotsman
“Rape victims still face humiliation in court” Evening News. Article by Sandy Brindley of Rape Crisis Scotland.

See also

Impact of Aspects of the Law of Evidence in Sexual Offence Trials: An Evaluation Study | Research Findings

Posted by MM on Mon 22nd Oct 2007 at 7:35 am
Courts Procurators Fiscal Criminal justice reform Gender and crime Rape
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Aberdeen rape and abuse support group seeks to expand support
Monday, October 15, 2007

“Centres will help sex-crime victims” Press and Journal (Jan 2008)
“Victim support set for expansion” BBC

See also

Rape and Abuse Support Aberdeen

Posted by MM on Mon 15th Oct 2007 at 6:47 am
Gender and crime Rape Victims and witnesses Victim information and support Vulnerable witnesses
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Rape Crisis Scotland National Helpline launched
Friday, October 12, 2007

“New national helpline for sex attack victims” Evening Times
“National rape helpline launched today” STV
“National rape helpline launched” Law Society Journal Online

Press releases

“Rape crisis helpline” Scot.Gov.
“Launch of Rape Crisis Scotland National Helpline” Rape Crisis Scotland

Posted by MM on Fri 12th Oct 2007 at 6:50 am
Gender and crime Rape Victims and witnesses Victim information and support
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Parliamentary Report, 3rd - 7th September, 2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Posted by KM on Tue 11th Sep 2007 at 10:49 pm
Courts Drugs and alcohol Gender and crime Rape Police
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Judiciary and sexual offences bills to lead justice reforms in new legislative programme
Thursday, September 06, 2007

“Scottish Government’s legislative programme announced” Holyrood.com
“Salmond pulls 11 new bills but no rabbits out of the hat” Herald
“Salmond reveals his plans” Herald
“Art of the possible” Herald
“Increase in police numbers planned” Herald
“SNP unveils grand plan - but critics call it ‘policy lite’” Scotsman
“First Minister has to play safe” Scotsman
“Legislative programme at-a-glance” BBC
“SNP announce legislative programme” STV
“Law surrounding rape to be reformed” STV

Press releases

“Programme for Government” Scot.Gov.

See also

Scottish Parliament Official Report 5.9.07: Scottish Government’s Programme

Scottish Government web section: Programme for Government

Posted by MM on Thu 6th Sep 2007 at 9:51 am
Courts Criminal justice reform Gender and crime Rape
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Average sentence length for indecency offences
Friday, August 10, 2007

“Concern as sex offence jail terms fall” Holyrood.com
“Sex offenders average 15 months in prison” Courier
“Jail sentences for sex offenders now shorter” Scotsman
“Concern over shorter jail terms for sex offences” Law Society Journal Online

See also

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of sentence for crimes of indecency has been in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) main offence and (b) sheriff court district.

Posted by MM on Fri 10th Aug 2007 at 7:15 am
Gender and crime Rape Sentencing
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Attitudes to victim responsibility for rape indicators in Domestic Abuse campaign evaluation

“Outcry as survey puts rape blame on victims” Herald
“Third of Scots say rape victims are partly to blame” Evening Times
“Justice for rape victims” Herald
“Shock over ‘rape blame’ findings” BBC
“Survey examines attitudes to rape” STV

See also

Domestic Abuse 2006/07: Post-Campaign Evaluation. Findings from the Wave 10 post-campaign evaluation of the Domestic Abuse Campaign. Scroll down to para. 2.51.

Posted by MM on Fri 10th Aug 2007 at 7:01 am
Gender and crime Domestic abuse Rape Victims and witnesses
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Police developing national guidelines for rape investigation
Monday, June 18, 2007

“One conviction for 109 reported rapes” Scotsman
“Mother wants specialist courts and higher sentences” Scotsman
“A far cry from justice” Scotsman

Posted by MM on Mon 18th Jun 2007 at 8:22 am
Courts Procurators Fiscal Gender and crime Rape Police
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Election: Victim Support argues for rape conviction reform as priority for new Executive
Monday, April 23, 2007

“Victims group calls for rape conviction action” Holyrood.com

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Posted by MM on Mon 23rd Apr 2007 at 4:36 pm
Courts Gender and crime Rape
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