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A library of reports, research and guidance on rape and sexual abuse, the criminal justice response and survivor support.
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| Report | Year | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| “It’s like being marooned on an island when everyone else is sailing away” | 2024 | The impact of the cost of living crisis on women survivors of sexual violence in Oxfordshire |
| A guide to meaningful survivor engagement | 2024 | This guide has been designed by Women's Aid and Imkaan to provide support for organisations working with survivors, to help amplify their voices and experience. |
| Support Matters: The landscape of child sexual abuse support services in England & Wales | 2024 | Support Matters is a comprehensive study of the current landscape of service provision in response to child sexual abuse in England & Wales. |
| Government response, Domestic abuse and the Family Court: Achieving cultural change | 2023 | In July 2023, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner published a report into the Family Court’s response to domestic abuse. The government has now responded to the recommendations within this report. |
| The Safe Care at Home Review, jointly led by the Home Office and DHSC | 2023 | The Government announced the review into the protections and support available to adults abused in their own home by people providing their care. |
| When we are at our most vulnerable: the sickening extent of rapes and sexual assaults in hospitals | 2023 | New research by the Women's Rights Network shows that more than 6500 rapes and sexual assaults have been committed in hospitals in England and Wales over nearly four years. |
| Sector Sustainability Grant – End of Grant Report | 2023 | The Sector Sustainability Grant was used to support 66 not-for-profit legal advice organisations in England & Wales for the financial year 2021-22. |
| Process evaluation of Section 28: Evaluating the use of pre-recorded cross-examination for intimidated witnesses | 2023 | This report provides findings from a process evaluation of the implementation of Section 28 for intimidated witnesses, including survivors of rape and modern slavery. |
| Mapping the UK Women and Girls Sector and its Funding | 2023 | Rosa's latest research report shows that the women and girls sector is not getting the investment it needs or deserves and is in urgent need of investment and support. |
| RCEW: Breaking Point; the re-traumatisation of rape and sexual abuse survivors in the Crown Courts backlog | 2023 | Rape Crisis England & Wales release a new report, ‘Breaking Point: the re-traumatisation of rape and sexual abuse survivors in the Crown Courts backlog’, which outlines the crisis in the Crown Courts |
| Formal support needs of adult victim-survivors of sexual violence | 2023 | Government Social Research Reports into the experiences of victim-survivors and their needs from support services. |
| Denial, Disbelief & Delays | 2023 | Examining the costs on the NHS of delayed Child Sexual Abuse disclosures in England and Wales. |
| Operation Soteria | 2022 | Operation Soteria is a unique police and CPS programme to develop new operating models for the investigation and prosecution of rape in England and Wales by June 2023. |
| Home Office: Serious Violence Duty | 2022 | Serious Violence Duty: Preventing and reducing serious violence Statutory Guidance for responsible authorities. |
| Gov Victims Funding Strategy | 2022 | The government Victims Funding Strategy will set the vision for how to fund the victim support sector more sustainably and ensure victims and survivors are able to access the support they need. |