Social, Criminal and Legal Justice Research Group

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The Social, Criminal and Legal Justice Research Group has an active programme of research exploring the relationship between gender inequality and crime and justice.

In particular the group is interested in gendered and sexual violence and the statutory and non-statutory response to it. Recent research in the group has looked at criminal justice response to rape and sexual assault and in particular: the post-assault processing of cases; the problem of attrition; perceptions, attitudes and practices of criminal justice personnel including police officers, prosecutors, forensic medics and judges; and medico-legal interventions in rape and sexual assault.

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Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow