A study found that mock jurors endorsing several rape myths rated the victim’s testimony more truthful if they reported the sexual assault immediately, compared to delayed reporting.
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Affirmative consent involves a ‘yes’ rather than the absence of a ‘no’.
Five world junior hockey players are facing sexual assault charges stemming from a 2018 incident. Research has shown that rape myths and social status can affect jurors’ perceptions in high-profile cases.
Rape myths and unconscious biases often see juries and police officers disbelieve women who come forward with accusations of sexual assault.
In letters to the judge, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis asked for Masterson to be shown leniency based on his supposedly good character.
Rape myths dominate international media coverage of internal military sexual violence.
Rape myths are deeply ingrained in our culture. We need education and action, on the part of all of our institutions, to weed them out.
ACT Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shane Drumgold today announced that the charges against Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019, have been withdrawn…
Many people do not realise victims do not have access to their own lawyers to protect their privacy and individual interests at trial.
Government policy must do more to reflect the fact that rape isn’t just something that happens to women and girls.
Same old rape myths, same old victim blaming.
A new Canadian law introduced as a nod to #MeToo, meant to protect sexual assault complainants, will have limited impact because it fails to consider how sexist judges and lawyers interpret laws.
A series of brutal rapes in India has led to pressure to stop violence against women.
Rape culture in Kenya means that women are often blamed for being victims of assault. This needs to change.
As long as the media gives disproportionate prominence to powerful voices, they’ll be able to shape the way unflattering coverage unfolds.
A debate has erupted over the recent sentencing in the Stanford sexual assault case, with questions being asked over the judge’s bias, but could the same be said of jurors in other rape cases?
Hampshire constabulary has paid £20,000 in damages, but the underlying problems will take much more to solve.
Rolf Harris’s conviction on 12 charges of indecent assault came at the end of a long trial. The case put sexual assault victims in the spotlight once again – only the latest high-profile example of a growing…
The recent publication of a serious case review into the suicide of Frances Andrade reveals how difficult it is for a sexual assault victim to stand and testify against an accuser in court. Keir Starmer…
When US Republican Todd Akin declared earlier this week that it is impossible or “really rare” for a woman to become pregnant as a result of a “legitimate rape” because “the female body has ways to try…
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