Some crimes are far easier to investigate and prosecute than others. This week, Harriet looks at what happens when the criminal justice system fails to prioritise risk of repeat offending.

Back in Spring 2021, as part of our anti-racism strategy, we launched a mentorship scheme for aspiring female lawyers from Black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds. Vithyah and Jumaimah are two of the women we matched with a mentor and they’ve kindly written about their experience so we can share it with you.

Women sharing their stories and supporting each other from lived experience helped develop an understanding of the nature of male violence and what was needed to combat it both on a personal and societal level.

Nowhere is a woman’s experience of the criminal justice system brought into greater relief than when she reaches the court room, whether as a witness or as a defendant. Harriet Wistrich explores what needs to change to ensure proper equality before the law and end victim blaming.

“I’ve been re-traumatised time and time again, and have been treated like a criminal rather than a victim. My movements are restricted, my privacy is gone, and I’ve lost nearly all stability in my life.”

In our last manifesto point of 2021, Harriet looks at research and the publication of meaningful data.

One of the key problems with the ability of our criminal justice system to tackle violence against women is not the absence of good laws but the failure to implement them…

When victims of crime are forced directly or through circumstances of being in a controlling relationship to commit an offence as part of, or as a direct result of their victimisation, why should they face arrest or prosecution?

Step 2: Implement the existing laws and measures, designed to tackle violence against women and girls

Last week we published an introduction to our manifesto setting out our views on what needs to change in the criminal justice system if we are to start meaningfully tackling male violence against women and girls. Here we look at investigation and prosecution.

Our proposed steps to transforming the response of the criminal justice system to violence against women and girls. Every week we will be publishing more details covering each of the ten steps we have identified

Daisy speaks out about her experience of discovering she was born from rape, the justice system and why she is campaigning to ensure she, and the many others also conceived in rape, are recognised as secondary victims.

For the first time in 20 years the Court of Appeal reviewed the Family Court’s failure to address the impact of rape, domestic abuse and coercive control on victims’ and children’s lives.

Is this really the 21st century approach to survivors of domestic abuse who are confronted by their abusers? Misogyny in the justice system and the Emma-Jayne Magson case

Our solicitor, Nogah Ofer, writes about why we are calling for a new offence for non-fatal strangulation.

It suits us all to believe domestic violence abusers are the very worst of society and far-removed from our everyday social circles.

My name is Mary. I am 28 years old and I am a healthcare worker in a hospital in the South of England. In 2018, I was raped by a man I knew.

On 16th & 17th of December, fresh expert evidence will be heard in the Court of Appeal as Fri Martin seeks to overturn her murder conviction. This new evidence illustrates the full extent of the domestic abuse and sexual violence that Fri experienced. There are ways you can support Fri at the bottom of the blog.