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UK-Förderung (213.785 £): Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf die Strafjustiz von erwachsenen und kindlichen Überlebenden von sexuellem Missbrauch, Vergewaltigung und sexueller Nötigung Ukri 20.11.2020 Forschung und Innovation im Vereinigten Königreich, Großbritannien

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Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf die Strafjustiz von erwachsenen und kindlichen Überlebenden von sexuellem Missbrauch, Vergewaltigung und sexueller Nötigung

Zusammenfassung Over 150,000 sexual offences were recorded by the police in the year ending March 2020 (ONS, 2020), and there are indications that lockdown increased some sexual offences (e.g. online-facilitated abuse, sexual abuse perpetrated by family members) and decreased others (e.g. assaults by strangers/peers). However, there has been no research into the specific effects of Covid-19 on criminal justice system (CJS) policies and practices relating to sexual offences, nor on the journeys of survivors through the CJS during this period. Prior to the pandemic, there were significant challenges for the investigation and prosecution of sexual offences and conviction rates were extremely low. Some of these challenges may well have been exacerbated by Covid-19 and lockdown e.g. further delays to investigating cases, postponement of Achieving Best Evidence interviews. At the same time, however, Covid-19 has generated significant innovation within the CJS e.g. the introduction of a video platform within the courts enabling all parties in a criminal hearing to engage securely and remotely, and this may sow the seeds for improvement in survivors' journeys through the CJS. Drawing on the perspectives and experiences of CJS stakeholders, including complainants and families, police, Crown Prosecution Service, HM Courts and Tribunals Services, the Judiciary, Sexual Assault Referral Centres, and Independent Sexual Violence Advisors, this research will provide unique insights into the impact of the pandemic on the CJS in sexual offence cases. Changes to procedures precipitated by Covid-19 might offer longer-term benefits for survivors and stakeholders and we aim to identify these and promote their implementation.
Kategorie Research Grant
Referenz ES/V016202/1
Status Closed
Laufzeit von 20.11.2020
Laufzeit bis 19.05.2022
Fördersumme 213.785,00 £
Quelle https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV016202%2F1

Beteiligte Organisationen

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
University of British Columbia
The Judiciary
Avon and Somerset Police
The Male Survivors Partnership
Crown Prosecution Service
The Survivors Trust

Die Bekanntmachung bezieht sich auf einen vergangenen Zeitpunkt, und spiegelt nicht notwendigerweise den heutigen Stand wider. Der letzte verfügbare Stand wird auf folgender Seite wiedergegeben: Coventry University UNIVERSITY, Coventry, Großbritannien.