Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Leading article: The stark truth about rape / Independent, 13 August 2008

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-the-stark-truth-about-rape-892816.html
"It is hard to argue with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority's reversal of its decision to reduce a compensation payment to a rape victim on the grounds that the woman in question had been drinking. In reaching its original decision, the CICA wandered on to the treacherous terrain of identifying "contributory factors" to the crime of rape."