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15 March 2010

Why we should not sugar-coat rape conviction rates

Consciously deciding to use more favourable statistics, as Baroness Stern suggests, would mask the p

By Samira Shackle

Baroness Stern’s long-awaited review of the way rape cases are handled in England and Wales was published today. It criticises an excessive focus on “misleading” conviction rates, and recommends that victim support should be as much a priority as increasing convictions.

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