Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 November 2004. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Thursday, 18 November 2004 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research has been conducted on the effects sex offences have on victims; and what the findings were. - Including fact that information placed in Library.

Answer: Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research has been conducted on the effects sex offences have on victims; and what the findings were. [196647] Paul Goggins: The 2001 British Crime Survey (BCS) included a self- completion module which looked at both the extent and nature of sexual victimisation. Full results from the module are published in Home Office Research Study 276 `Domestic violence, sexual victimisation and stalking: findings from the British Crime Survey'. Additionally, Chapter 6 of Home Office Research Study 237 `Rape and sexual assault of women: the extent and nature of the problem--findings from the British Crime Survey' provides further information from the 1998 and 2000 BCS on the impact of sexual victimisation. Copies have been placed in the House Library.

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