Last year, a review of the management of sexual crimes by the police was conducted to see how they could better improve the handling of sexual offences. Outrage of modesty cases also increased from 1,474 cases in 2021 to 1,610 in 2022. Out of these reports, 1,096 were allegedly committed by family members or relatives. Between 20, there were 9,629 reports of sexual assault, including rape, sexual assault by penetration, outrage of modesty, and sex crimes involving children and vulnerable victims. Sex crimes continue to be a cause for concern in Singapore.
The redesigned and expanded One-Stop Abuse Forensic Examination Centre (OneSafe Centre), where sex crime victims can undergo forensic and medical examinations, to reduce the likelihood of a victim bumping into other people.Expanding the eligibility criteria for what the police call "multi-disciplinary interviews", which are essentially interviews with different parties such as doctors and police investigators in one setting.Enhanced privacy and priority for victims reporting sex crimes.
The police said that the new initiatives are aimed at helping them improve their infrastructure and processes, and to further improve efforts to support victims of sex crimes while lowering the barriers for victims to make a report. This and other initiatives were announced by Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on Friday (April 14) during a seminar on sex crime awareness. SINGAPORE - The Singapore Police Force has introduced three new measures in an effort to make victims of sex crimes feel safer when making a report, including increasing privacy and priority for such victims.
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