In today society female rape victims are often blamed for the accident because of the way they were dressed or the way there were acting towards their molesters. A 2012 report conducted by Mumsnet, a survey conducted on more than 1,609 females found out that almost 83 percent of women do not report to have been sexually assaulted to the police. The victims did not report the incident because did not have trust in the legal system or that they felt to ashamed to talk about the incident with relatives or friend out of fear to be judge because of the way they were dressed or how much they were drinking when the rape occurred. Most victims have no trust in the police and in juridical system.
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The government also lunch an Abuse campaign on MTV and important television programmes like Hollyoaks to create social awareness about rape. The government also founds 87 independent sexual advisors to ensure that sexual offender’s victims have the proper access to specialist care. Pledging £1.2 million for 3 years from 2012 to improve services for young people suffering sexual violence in major urban areas. Yet the police.
Although police figures released National statistic reveals that the number of rapes cases reported has increased by 29% and police keep encouraging victims to come states that forward and report the rape yet the still low convictions after reporting crimes put off most victims to go and report the crime.
Lydia Smith from the International business times reports (2014) that statics shows that UK rapes convictions are among the lowest in the Europe. The statics showed that only 1,700 rapist were convicted for the crime despite the fact that more than 12,000 men and women are been raped each year in around UK and Scotland (statics reported by the ministry of