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Legal Feminism Clinic study finds that police handling of violence against women is inadequate

Legal Feminism Clinic interviewed over 40 women who survived sexual trauma and found that reporting sexual assaults to law enforcement can be an extremely difficult and demeaning experience. According to the study, nearly half of those who went to the police to file complaints about sexual offences were asked questions that were irrelevant to their case, such as detailed questions about their sexual history. “Too often, we see the police fail to collect evidence, ask questions in a sensitive manner and lack the adequate training needed to deal with someone who survived sexual trauma,” noted Adv. Vardit Avidan who heads the Faculty of Law’s Legal Feminism Clinic. “As a result, women tend to leave a police station feeling even more defeated than before.” More on this story in the Jerusalem Post<<MORE ON THE LEGAL FEMINISM CLINIC>>

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