Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Are women more safe today in England and Wales than they were in the past – or less? What the evidence shows

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Nicole Westmarland, Professor of Criminology, Durham University

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of violence against women and girls that we see in the news on a daily basis. Horrific cases such as that of survivor Gisèle Pelicot can make us wonder how such distressing crimes can still be happening.

Violence against women and girls accounts for almost 20% of all recorded crime in England and Wales. That’s more than one million crimes a year. At…

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