Research knowledge base for GBV questions, methods, and service pathways
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Service pathways
How people move through hospitals, police, shelters, courts, and referral systems.
Risk factors
Drivers of violence, vulnerability, exposure, and intersectional risk patterns.
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Rights, reporting, police procedure, court process, and legal protections.
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Methods
1 entryStudy design, methodology, definitions, and how the evidence was assembled.
Rape Crisis court resources describe measures such as intermediaries and closed-circuit television that can help protect witnesses while they testify. These measures matter because participation in court should not depend on a survivor having to endure avoidable intimidation.
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Legal process
3 entriesRights, reporting, police procedure, court process, and legal protections.
Rape Crisis court guidance explains the roles of people such as the magistrate, prosecutor, defence lawyer, accused person, witnesses, court orderly, and other court staff. Understanding who does what can make the court process feel less bewildering and less intimidating.
Rape Crisis court-support material describes pre-trial consultation as a process of preparing a survivor for what will happen in court, clarifying their role, and helping them get practical and emotional support before the trial begins. The aim is to reduce surprise, confusion, and retraumatisation.
Rape Crisis trial guidance explains that the court process can include a victim impact statement at sentencing. This matters because it gives the survivor's harm and experience a clearer place in the process instead of reducing the case only to technical facts.