Some police officers displayed 'a culture of disbelieving' victims, according to a report.
The report anonymised findings from individual forces but found that:Some officers "demonstrated explicit victim blaming and lack of belief in the victim", which affected investigations.
Across all forces, those investigating rape offences "tended to be young and often inexperienced", some with "very worrying" levels of exhaustion and stress. It said most officers "wanted to provide a good service for victim-survivors". However, in all four forces, the academics found a minority of officers who "displayed a culture of disbelieving victims".The report said there were serving officers who did not believe rape and sexual offences "should be a priority for policing", and said challenging this behaviour was "a matter of urgency".
"The sanction detention rate for rape in the Met is currently 5.7%, which is above the national average and steadily increasing. We are also better supporting investigations and working more closely with partners including independent sexual violence advisers, prosecutors and the NHS."
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