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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Police Scotland officers describe culture of sexism and victim-blaming

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The report was based on 528 responses to an anonymous online survey, with more than 150 officers signing up to take part in focus groups and one-to-one interviews. Photograph: Robert Perry/Getty Images

Sexism and misogyny within the ranks of Police Scotland is “massively under-reported”, with those who do come forward made to feel they have “a target on their back” and a culture of victim-blaming favouring perpetrators, according to those in the force.

The extensive survey of how officers and staff feel about their colleagues has been published less than a week after the force’s chief constable, Sir Iain Livingstone, publicly acknowledged Police Scotland was institutionally racist and discriminatory.

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