UK: CPS makes commitment to male victims of sexual and domestic abuse

  06/09/2017 The Crown Prosecution Service has published its first ever public statement recognising the needs and experiences of male victims of offences including rape, domestic abuse, harassment, stalking and child sexual abuse. Many male victims of these crimes never come forward to report them to the police. This can be for a variety of

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UK: CPS to issue first-ever guidance for prosecutors on handling male victims of sexual and domestic abuse

Olivia Rudgard, Social Affairs Correspondent 6 September 2017 • 5:09pm Guidance for dealing with male victims of abuse will be sent to prosecutors for the first time as the CPS says they need specific protection in the same way as LGBT and black and ethnic minority people. Previously there had been no specialised guidance for

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