Project Bluestone: transforming policings approach to rape

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Project Bluestone: transforming policing's approach to rape

Avon and Somerset opened its door to a group of academics in a bid to understand where policing is going wrong with rape investigations.

Date - 5th January 2022
By - Chloe Livadeas

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Project Bluestone has brought together academia and operational policing in an effort to "transform" the police response to rape and sexual assault. The government's rape review in June found charges, prosecutions and convictions for...

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