PE1876/S: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape.
The primary functions of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) include the prosecution of crime. In order to fulfil that function, information regarding the sex or gender of accused persons is not essential. In respect of the offences of rape and attempted rape, the law requires that there is penetration or attempted penetration of the complainer’s mouth, vagina or anus by the perpetrator’s penis, which includes a surgically constructed penis. The sex or gender of the accused person are not relevant to proof nor prosecution of the offence.
Any information routinely received by COPFS about the sex or gender of an accused person, is provided by the reporting agency. As COPFS use data that is provided by the police it is a matter for Police Scotland to confirm that data about accused people, including their sex, is recorded accurately.
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/A - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/B - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/C - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/D - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/E - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/F: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/G: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/H: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/I - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/J: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/K: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/L: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/M: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/N: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/O: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/P: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee [Session 6]
PE1876/Q - Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape.