The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says there has been a 23 per cent increase in the number of first time callers to its helpline since 2010 – proof, it says, that sexual violence increases during recession.
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It’s annual report for 2012 shows that it dealt with over 12 thousand calls last year and it accompanied 260 victims of recent rape and assault to hospital for treatment.
Speaking at the launch of the report, the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter said new legislation on a DNA Database will be published in September – and it will play an important role in solving sex crimes.
Centre Chief Executive Ellen O’Malley Dunlop says there is international evidence that sexual violence increases during a recession:
