Violence

Scotland - attacks soar - April 2008

In 1995 the first ever private prosecution for rape in England and Wales was brought by two working women with our support, after the Crown Prosecution Service refused to prosecute. The rapist was found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison, reduced to 11 on appeal. This legal precedent has established that working girls, like all other women, have the right to justice and protection against rape.

Report to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Jan 2007

Press release about the murders of women in Ipswich, Dec 2006

Radio interviews about the murders of women in Ipswich, Dec 2006

These Attacks Could Have Been Stopped
re the inquiry into 'Camden Ripper' Anthony Hardy, Camden New Journal 6 Oct 2005  

Exclusion zone issued on Birmingham rapist

Stop Midland Murders - Stop Police Sweeps

"Private case brings rapist to justice" The Guardian 1995

The Guilty Victim: Rape and the CPS Socialist Lawyer Autumn 1995  

1981: Statement  PROSTITUTES ARE INNOCENT OK!
At the time of the trial of the Yorkshire Ripper, serial murderer Peter Sutcliffe, 
who murdered 13 women.

In San Francisco, US PROS and others monitored the courts after they released a serial rapist on bail and he attempted to murder a fourth woman. Attending 30 pre-trial hearings over two years and weeks of trial, women's pressure succeeded in getting him convicted.
Jack Bokin case: No woman is safe when prostitutes aren't safe

Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders:  article in Los Angeles Times 1989 
Police Raked for Handling of Prostitute Murder Cases