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I am interviewed by media fairly frequently. Here are just a few examples where you can check it out for yourself!

 

October 27th 2009 - The Sentinel Sex offenders face lie-detector tests

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Sex-offenders-face-lie-detector-tests/article-1456660-detail/article.html

 

July 24th 2008 - I took part in a BBC Radio Manchester radio show to publicise the book Rape Crisis: Responding to Sexual Violence.

 

November 28th 2007 - I took part in the BBC Radio Manchester breakfast show to give listeners an overview of the problems rape complainants have in securing justice through the criminal courts. With a current conviction rate of 5.8% there is a serious justice gap for complainants. The government is announcing measures which might help to improve the current situation.

 

May 2007 - I was asked to contribute to the national End Violence Against Women Blog. The article is about a court case where a barrister made inappropriate comments about a rape complainant. "The barrister, Sheilagh Davies, has made unsupported allegations about the character and the actions of the rape complainant. The complainants dress-size has no bearing on this case at all and this is little more than another example of the mobilization of rape myths to attack the credibility of a rape complainant".

Read more...

http://endviolenceagainstwomen.blogspot.com/2007/05/barrister-gang-rape-girl-was-glad-of.html

 

May 2007 - I was asked to contribute to the national End Violence Against Women Blog. The article is about the killings at the university campus in Virginia.

"As the world’s media retreat from Virginia, it is worth looking at how the tragedy of the campus shootings has been interpreted and how a feminist analysis can go beyond the reports of the past week".

Read more...

http://endviolenceagainstwomen.blogspot.com/2007/05/responding-to-virginia-gender-matters.html

 

November 2nd 2006 Woman's Hour. Elder Abuse. Listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2006_44_thu.shtml or here WomansHour2006ElderAbuse.ram

 

November 24th 2002 The Observer - Rape Crisis centres face closure threat. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/crimedebate/story/0,,846533,00.html

 

December 12 2002 Woman's Hour. Rape. Listen here: WomansHour2002Rape.ram

 

April 2001 Liverpool Echo - Girl 'treated like a piece of meat'.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2001/04/06/girl-treated-like-a-piece-of-meat-100252-11016557/

 

July 30 2000 The Observer - Women Angry as Rapists go Free. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,348673,00.html

 

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