Critical discussion about ‘rape myths’ and their impact on victims of sexual assault/rape

Victims and Victimology

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Essay
Critical discussion about ‘rape myths’ and their impact on victims of sexual assault/rape
Law is defined as the set of rules and regulations that is enforceable by the court of law.
These rules and regulations are enacted by the Parliament and citizens of the country is bound
comply with the rules and regulations. With the increase in the crimes rates , laws have been
made more strict and heavy penalties are imposed on the offender. The United Kingdom is
comprised of four legal systems and each is derived from particular geographical region. There
are three legal jurisdictions in United Kingdom that s England and Wales, Northern Ireland and
Scotland. The essay is based on the criminology and the topic is critical discussion about the
'rape myths' and its impact on the victims of sexual assault.
Rape myths
According to the Anderson, & Overby, (2021) Sexual offences is considered as the
most serious offences and issues across the world. There has been increase in rate of sexual
offences against women and children which is having negative impact on the society. On the
contrary the Gray, & Horvath, (2018) stated that with the increasing rate of the crimes against
women and children , government is regularly monitoring the situation and making various
amendments in their laws for the protection of the society form the criminals. In order to protect
the society, Sexual Offence act 2003 was enacted by the UK Parliament that states the provisions
related to the sexual offences and also heavy penalties for the offender. There are various range
of the crimes which falls in the category of sexual offences that is rape, sexual assault , crimes
against children that include sexual child abuse or grooming. Santos, et.al, (2021) states that
crimes can occur anywhere between friends, relative or family members. The offences that are
covered under the sexual offences are treated and prosecuted as part of CPS Violence Against
Women and Girls(VAWG) strategy.
This framework is developed to identify the crimes that have been committed primarily
but not by men against the women. The crimes that are addressed under CPS includes domestic
abuse, rape , sexual offences , harassment , child abuse , human trafficking etc. According to the
Maes, et.al, (2019), rape myths is considered as prejudicial , stereotyped and false beliefs
about the sexual assaults , victims and rapists. On the contrary it is observed by the Leverick,
(2020) that the rape myths influence the perspectives the jurors, investigators , judges and
victims. The DeJong, Morgan, & Cox, (2020) states that many people have false views and