In September 2006, a young teenage girl (Chloe O Neil) which was aged 15 at the time, was babysitting for her friends father (Steven Whitworth) aged 39 and was then forced her to have sex with him.
Chloe was friends with Whitworth's daughter who was the same age as her and lived near her family in Bury so she used to babysit for Whitwoth which was an unemployed decorator.
One Night, Chloe was babysitting and Whitworth had came back late from going out drinking and she claims that he raped her in the bedroom. Chloe was too embarrassed and scared to say anything so she kept quiet about it for a while and still kept on babysitting Whitworth's children. Eventually she spoke to her mother about what had happened and she then contacted then police.
Whitworth was taken in for questioning and the police produced files providing sources described as 'comprehensive' evidence in support of Chloes account to the Crown Prosecution Service. The prosecutors decided that there was not enough evidence to charge him.
So over the next two years Chloe had attempted suicide, after being taunted in the street as a liar. Stephen Whitworth had raped two more young children, and was then put in prison for seven and a half years.
This relates to sociology as it shows the difference in gender to society. I think that because there are so many reported rape crimes now a days, the police are failing to investigate them further as they think that there are many more important crimes to look in to.
As Chloe was very young at the time when the rape had taken place, I think the police did not really take her report as seriously because she was a young female so they thought that she was possibly making it up- which led to two more innocent girls getting hurt as the police failed to do their jobs properly.
I think that rape is quiet a serious crime as it can leave the victims mentally disturbed for life. If this case was a young male who had been dealing drugs for example, then the police would have investigated much further because they see males more of a bigger problem to females in society; which is why I think they did not look further into Chloes Rape case. As a result of this it had led to two more innocent females being hurt.
This relates to sociology as it shows the difference in gender to society. I think that because there are so many reported rape crimes now a days, the police are failing to investigate them further as they think that there are many more important crimes to look in to.
As Chloe was very young at the time when the rape had taken place, I think the police did not really take her report as seriously because she was a young female so they thought that she was possibly making it up- which led to two more innocent girls getting hurt as the police failed to do their jobs properly.
I think that rape is quiet a serious crime as it can leave the victims mentally disturbed for life. If this case was a young male who had been dealing drugs for example, then the police would have investigated much further because they see males more of a bigger problem to females in society; which is why I think they did not look further into Chloes Rape case. As a result of this it had led to two more innocent females being hurt.
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