This book addresses the question of why police investigations continue to fail most rape victim-survivors and puts forward a framework for what policing can do to change this.

Katrin Hohl is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at City, University of London.

Elizabeth A. Stanko OBE is Professor Emerita of Criminology at Royal Holloway University and has spent 15 years in policing.

1.Introduction 2."Default policing": policing was never designed to investigate every rape 3.Ditching blind spots and red herrings: suspect-focused investigations 4.Prevention is better than prosecution: stopping known perpetrators 5.The journey matters as much as the destination: a procedural justice approach to police engagement with victim-survivors 6.Taking responsibility: organisational enablers of better rape policing 7.Putting the framework into practice: Operation Soteria Bluestone 8.Conclusion