Reducing sexual violence: an impossible task for policing?

Reducing sexual violence is an element of the UK government’s mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade. Stopping their attacker from perpetrating further sexual violence is also among the most common reasons rape and sexual assault victim-survivors report to the police. Yet, sexual violence prevention is peripheral to policing and policing research. This talk explores routes and barriers to policing becoming an effective mechanism for reducing sexual violence.

Katrin Hohl OBE is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at City St. George’s, University of London and the government’s independent advisor on criminal justice responses to sexual violence.

Dr Caroline Lanskey is a University Associate Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Director of the Justice and Society Research Centre at the Institute of Criminology.