Socialist Challenge1982Socialist Challenge No. 229, 21 January 1982Rape victims - up against
Socialist Challenge No. 229, 21 January 1982 · p. 1 of the scan · 151 words
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FOR A long time, women have known that if they are raped they cannot depend on the forces of 'law and order for justice.
That is one reason estimate from the Londor according to all Rape Crisis Centre, only 25 per cent of rapes are reported to the police.
But now, it is obvious to anvone who reads newspaper watches television that the situa tion is much worse than they might have imagined.
The decision of Judge Richards not to imprison the rapist of the hitchhiker, the brutal interroga tion by the police of the rape victim shown on television have shown what the frightening reali fail to give adequate pro tection to women it uti harass rape victims. and even seek to defend :*: rapist.
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