‘A thief came into our family and took the heart out of it’: the killing of Zara Aleena | Violence against women and girls
‘A thief came into our family and took the heart out of it’: the killing of Zara Aleena | Violence against women and girls
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> There has been little investment in the kind of long-term, major public education campaign that could create a wholesale shift in attitudes to women. And when it comes to the criminal justice system, the problems are deeply ingrained. “New laws could have a useful effect on behaviour, but we already have a whole raft of laws which are just not being implemented at all,” says Harriet Wistrich, director of the Centre for Women’s Justice. Rape convictions are so low that the victims’ commissioner said in 2020 that the offence is effectively “decriminalised”. (In 2021, just 1.6% of reported rape cases led to a charge.) Disturbing reports of misogyny in the police force proliferate. In 2021, the inspectorate of probation found that checks on sexual offenders and domestic violence perpetrators going back into the community were “nowhere near effective enough”. All the while, the list of women murdered by violent men grows. “The tragedy is that the only time you see a really good, effective investigation is when there’s a murder, and then police put in the resources and do a good job,” Wistrich says. “But on the lesser offences that often lead to an escalation, they’re failing.”
It’s such a sad situation, I’m staring to do a lot of walking, and leave quite early, 3am/4am and so I now cross the road whenever my path crosses a lady on her own…. Of course it’s a moral/ethic response… however it’s a shame in 2023 one must act in such a way to give reassurance that I am not a threat or danger… 🫤
Really horrible situation. That poor family.
Good to see we have the usual tiresome comments posted.