Criminal Justice Crises of Rape and Serious Sexual Assault in England & Wales

Criminal justice crises of rape and serious sexual
assault in England & Wales

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Presenting different types and principle of laws with regard to rape and serious sexual assault 3
How rape and sexual assault cases are dealt by English courts...................................................4
Presenting different stakeholders involves in criminal justice process.......................................5
Explaining how effective the criminal justice system is in dealing with rape and serious sexual
assault...........................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
England and Wales is considered one of the top state where number of rape increases
year by year such that at the end of 2021, the number reached by 61 thousand and this in turn
shows that 37% of the total cases recorded only in this area. In the same way, the present study
will help to develop a deep understanding pertaining to laws and regulations formulated in
England and Wales. The current report will help to determine different types as well as principle
of law regarding to rape and sexual assault. Moreover, the report will further determine how rape
and serious sexual assault mainly deal by English court by including the defendant’s right to
appeal. Apart from this, study will also determine the role of different stakeholders under
criminal justice process under rape and sexual assault. Lastly, the report will evaluate how
effective criminal justice system deal with such serious issues by involving different crime rates
etc.
MAIN BODY
Presenting different types and principle of laws with regard to rape and serious sexual assault
In England and Wales, there are many laws formulated by the government in order
provide justice to the girls. The laws and their principle are as mentioned below:
Sexual offence Act 2003:
The act was came into force in 2003 and it also covers non-consensual offence of rape or
person engage in any sexual activity without consent. Under this act, different sections described
in which the accuser have to comply with a sentence of life imprisonment. The main principle of
this act is to provide proper coverage to victim so that the chances of rape and sexual assault can
be minimized. Mainly the act consisted of 3 different parts which covered rape, assault by
penetration, causing sexual activity and also covered the child sex offences.
Sexual offences act 1956:
It is another law formulated by England and Wales whose main aim is to procure a victim
by threat, false pretences, administrating drugs to obtain or facilitate intercourse. The act also
covered minor children and provide safety to the women from sexual harm (Willmott and et.al.,
2021). However, in future is also amend in order to make the changes and add different section