“Rough sex” claims are increasingly part of violent assault and killing of women – law change is needed but law change alone cannot fix this. We also believe that to date relatively few of the 3.6million UK women violently assaulted in sex have reported this to the police – the criminal justice system must be ready to respond to them when they do.”
In June 2020 we published research on the wideranging success of ‘rough sex’ claims in the criminal justice system in England and Wales. This was key evidence submitted to Parliament in support of an addition to the Domestic Abuse bill to make specific law on ‘no consent to sexual gratification’.
Read the full report here - Consent Defences and the Criminal Justice System, Research Briefing for England and Wales. June 2020
