The investigation of rape in London

In this seminar leading researchers in the field explore the police response to rape from the perspective of the police. What do those charged with investigating rape think about the process? Is training sufficient to deal with the issues raised by this most difficult of crimes? What are the kinds of difficulties investigators’ face in addressing rape allegations? Ultimately, how can policing response to rape be improved, and how will we know it is getting better?

Speakers and presentations

Katrin Hohl - Officer perspectives on challenges in the investigation of rape reports

Betsy Stanko - Why police training doesn't (yet) improve the police response to rape

Daniel Wünsch, Ben Hine and Anthony Murphy - Mapping the lanscape of rape cases in London: The 2018 Rape Review

Ben Hine is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of West London. His research is situated at the intersection between gender psychology and criminology, and explores the police response to rape and serious sexual assault in the UK.

Katrin Hohl is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at City, University of London. Her current research focusses on the police response to sexual violence.

Anthony Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at Middlesex University, currently in Dubai. His research interests focus on psycho-legal processes, forensic, and clinical/forensic psychology.

Professor Betsy Stanko OBE retired in April 2016 as Head, Evidence and Insight, MOPAC. She us currently Chair of the Ministry of Justice's Data, Evidence and Science Board, Strategic Advisor to a Home Office Police Transformation Fund project on learning and development, and Academic Advisor to the Vulnerabilty and Serious Crime Programme at the College of Policiing.

Daniela Wünsch is a Principal Researcher at the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.