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040			_aFVC
100			_aStern, Vivien _93651
245			_aDealing with rape in a new political landscape _cVivien Stern
260			_c2012
500			_aMedico-Legal Jounal, 2012, 80(2): 60-68
520			_aThis article is a paper presented to the Medico-Legal Society in the United Kingdom by Baroness Vivien Stern, Visiting Professor, University of Essex. The author discusses court processes for rape trials in the UK. “Most victims, men and women, are raped by someone they know. The court case usually hangs on whether or not the complainant consented to the act. The defence feels free to portray the complainant in a negative light making the trial an ordeal. Some complainants decide it is one ordeal too many and withdraw from the process. Sustained criticism of the handling of rape cases over many years led to substantial improvements, with specially trained police officers, prosecutors and judges, and more defendants being convicted. Yet providing justice to rape victims requires more than an effective criminal justice response. It also requires recognition that victims are entitled to the support of the state. They should be treated with respect regardless of whether the case goes to trial or not. The rate of convictions for rape is not the only, or even the most important measure of a good policy.” (from the abstract) Record #3892
650	2	7	_aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_aRAPE _9488
650	2	7	_9489 _aRAPE VICTIMS
651		4	_aUNITED KINGDOM _92604
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
773	0		_tMedico-Legal Jounal, 2012, 80(2): 60-68
830			_aMedico-Legal Journal _94810
856			_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1258/mlj.2012.012003 _zAccess the abstract
942			_cARTICLE _2ddc
999			_c3892 _d3892