1. English Common Law
Cases were found to be frequently not proceeded with somewhere between the filing of the report, and the committal process (Chambers and Miller 1987) In fact, according to Edwards (1989, cited Gregory and Lees, 1996, p3) out of 773 reported cases a crime report was made in only 93 assaults, and an incident report in a further 73 cases. ... According to Anna Clark, (1987, cited Smart, 1989, p41) consent was not a matter of a woman's will, or whether she resisted or not. ... The complainant stated that other traumatic areas of the trial were related to the Corroboration warning and the fact...
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