The team behind this podcast want to counter that narrative and indeed write and create a new, fairer and more effective one.
To advance the education of the public in the subject of rape as a criminal offence and the attitudes and false beliefs surrounding rape (otherwise known as ‘rape myths’) to reduce the prevalence of rape within society and to support victims of rape. To work within the judicial institutions to support efforts to reduce PTSD of a complainant and ensure increases in rape conviction rates are sustained.
Our vision is a world, in which justice for victims of sexual violence is the norm, not the exception. Our mission starts within the UK judiciary. We have an advisory board of Barristers who defend and prosecute sexual violence.
You will hear many on the podcast.
Changing the education system of Barristers to include a module on rape myths and the limits of advocacy, to be introduced in law degrees/BPC.
To continue to find out directly from Barristers on their attitudes towards, opinions about and proposed solutions to finding parity in justice. A core part of this work is in finding out from Defence Barristers why cases can be dismantled so easily and to build this body of evidence to improve Police Investigations.
To create and implement a code of conduct that is created by Barristers and signed.
To work in close collaboration with the judiciary to gain solutions to the complexities of the low conviction rate and understanding from within not the other way around.
Share best practice from across the judiciary.
Create a global learning and dissemination programme of best practice.
A student advisory board provides findings from Court Observations undertaken across English Crown Courts.
To change the narrative of focus on the victim's behavour to that of the offenders behaviour.
Send us Fan Mail Introducing Charlotte Meiger with her story... Key points of the episode: How she could not believe what had just happened in court.How she asked for the notes of the trial but could not believe the extortionate price....And how she could not have got them if she wanted them.The useful changes in the law thanks to her pioneering work.......but how much more needs to be done.How these ongoing changes help victims.Trauma informed ways to promote the information you want and nee...
10 Jan 2026
S1 E12 Learning To Live with Mark Collin and Melanie Curtis
Send us a text In conversation with Leonie... Mark Collin is a transformational coach with over 15 years’ experience helping people around the world reconnect with themselves and build meaningful, grounded lives. He brings deep empathy, extensive coaching expertise, and a passion for guiding others through inner healing and personal evolution. Melanie Curtis brings her own lived journey of healing from early trauma to the heart of their work. Her insight into emotional regulation, som...
14 Mar 2025
S1 E11- Emma Richardson
Send us a text In this episode Leonie chats to Emma Richardson - a lecturer in language and social interaction. Her mainstay of research is on how reports of gender based- sexual and domestic violence are reported to the police, and how the police recieve them, then how it progresses through the criminal justice system. If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or you need more information, here are a list of helpful resources to reach out to: National Rape Crisis Helpline (op...
3 Oct 2024
S1 E10 - The Italian Justice System
Send us a textIn conversation with Selina Mariano, discussing the problems, advances and work that needs to be done in the Italian court system.Justice Is Now is now moving its focus internatonally looking at the statistics, problems, work needed and advances around the world.Some shocking truths presented here, and while there are some advances, much more work is needed. And that is exactly what Justice Is Now is here to advocate for. If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or ...
22 Apr 2024
S1 E9 Baby Reindeer - Netflix
Key points of this episode:
How so many people have likely been affected by the series on Netflix.
How we seek "rewrites of a narrative", and why the victim of sexual violence needs to reexperience the situation, but with them being in control....
....and/or the need for the body and brain to feel safe again.
How survival is so accuractly portrayed in the drama, albeit very triggering.
How the main actor in the drama became confused sexually, which is understandable in the circumstances....
...how the brain procecces sexual violence and the confusing way it plays out for survivors.
Showing the real and shattering pain of sexual violence.
How we need to focus more on the offending behaviour than the victim (although this is very important)
If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or you need more information, here are a list of helpful resources to reach out to:
National Rape Crisis Helpline (open to all, male, female, non-binary...)
0808 500 2222
Trafford Rape Crisis Centre (TRC) (Manchester based but open to all)
www.traffordrapecrisis.com
traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com (mailto:traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com)
Office Phone: 0161 968 2820
Helpline Phone: 0161 647 7559
15 Apr 2024
S1 E8 Student Serious Sexual Violence Court Observer
Megan, a Law Student discusses her Court observations.
Discussions include:
Do we actually understand offending behaviour? A look at Wayne Couzens red flags in offending behaviour
Fear that exisits in being falsely accused of rape
Difficulty to gain a conviction
Wider attiudes to sexual violence
If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or you need more information, here are a list of helpful resources to reach out to:
National Rape Crisis Helpline (open to all, male, female, non-binary...)
0808 500 2222
Trafford Rape Crisis Centre (TRC) (Manchester based but open to all)
www.traffordrapecrisis.com
traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com (mailto:traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com)
Office Phone: 0161 968 2820
Helpline Phone: 0161 647 7559
27 Dec 2023
S1 E7 Madeleine Black
Key Points of the Episode:
Leonie and Madeleines outrage at the recent outrageous levels of sexual violence in the recent conflict.
How many layers to the trauma of these people there are.
Why people like Leonie and Madeleine will never stop speaking out and advocating.
How minimising and diluting still goes on to this day.
How "Global Gaslighting" is going on.
The indredibly important balance between self care and where your attention goes, and being informed without being overwhelmed.
If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or you need more information, here are a list of helpful resources to reach out to:
National Rape Crisis Helpline (open to all, male, female, non-binary...)
0808 500 2222
Trafford Rape Crisis Centre (TRC) (Manchester based but open to all)
www.traffordrapecrisis.com
traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com (mailto:traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com)
Office Phone: 0161 968 2820
Helpline Phone: 0161 647 7559
27 Nov 2023
S1 E6 - Nick Shackleton-Jones (Part 2)
Key points of this episode:
Nick's thoughts on AI and how it could affect gender relationships
How to stop internalising shame.
One possible solution for men
How the "Not all Men" narrative is not that useful.
How it is not "man" per se that we are tackling, but the behaviour.
A study (after the war), on the conditions that humans would be cruel to other humans.
If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or you need more information, here are a list of helpful resources to reach out to:
National Rape Crisis Helpline (open to all, male, female, non-binary...)
0808 500 2222
Trafford Rape Crisis Centre (TRC) (Manchester based but open to all)
www.traffordrapecrisis.com
traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com (mailto:traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com)
Office Phone: 0161 968 2820
Helpline Phone: 0161 647 7559
27 Nov 2023
S1 E5 Nick Shackleton-Jones (Part 1)
Key points from the episode:
How Nick found a lot of the content on Tik Tok worryingly biased.
An unfair disparity on our judgements on male and female sexual behaviour.
Nicks theory on "ownership" in relationships.
How he thinks it will get worse and why.
If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or you need more information, here are a list of helpful resources to reach out to:
National Rape Crisis Helpline (open to all, male, female, non-binary...)
0808 500 2222
Trafford Rape Crisis Centre (TRC) (Manchester based but open to all)
www.traffordrapecrisis.com
traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com (mailto:traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com)
Office Phone: 0161 968 2820
Helpline Phone: 0161 647 7559
27 Nov 2023
S1 E4 Gemma Malfesi Part 2
Key points from the episode:
The desire for safe strong convictions, and for the voice of the survivor not to be silenced or lost.
Court logistics to protect the survivor from the court experience.
More on rape myths.
Appropriate and kind ways for the defence to operate.
Why kissing somebody in a nightclub is not a permission slip for sex
The difference between banter and harassment
The need to be comfortable with this uncomfortable conversation.
How the authorities – all of them and institutions must understand perpetrator behaviour.
Why the onus is always on the survivor and why this needs to change.
The need for a complete overhaul .
If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or you need more information, here are a list of helpful resources to reach out to:
National Rape Crisis Helpline (open to all, male, female, non-binary...)
0808 500 2222
Trafford Rape Crisis Centre (TRC) (Manchester based but open to all)
www.traffordrapecrisis.com
traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com (mailto:traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com)
Office Phone: 0161 968 2820
Helpline Phone: 0161 647 7559
27 Nov 2023
S1 E3 Gemma Malfesi Part 1
Key points from the episode:
The shocking reason why most female offenders are where they are at.
A confusion and desensitisation of sexual violence and what it actually is.
The difference between long term groomers and opportunists.
The lack of understanding and education
How the system as it stands sends out mixed messages and can re-traumatise the survivor.
Why juries and many others in the system have unconscious bias and lack of knowledge.
The disadvantages of the current “adversarial” model
If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or you need more information, here are a list of helpful resources to reach out to:
National Rape Crisis Helpline (open to all, male, female, non-binary...)
0808 500 2222
Trafford Rape Crisis Centre (TRC) (Manchester based but open to all)
www.traffordrapecrisis.com
traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com (mailto:traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com)
Office Phone: 0161 968 2820
Helpline Phone: 0161 647 7559
27 Nov 2023
S1 E2 Charlotte Clayton Part 2
Key points from the interview:
How the experience of sexual violence leads to crippling shame.
How, within certain comminities, there is a further risk or ostracization and shunning from the community (or at least the fear of it)
How much more they want to do within the crisis centre.
How the topic is just too uncomfortable for some people.
How we as a society HAVE to wake up to this epidemic.
Why some people minimise what happened as it is "not as bad" as what has happened to some people.
How some survivors wait at least 2 years before their case comes to court.
How anyone can be a victim of this at any time
If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or you need more information, here are a list of helpful resources to reach out to:
National Rape Crisis Helpline (open to all, male, female, non-binary...)
0808 500 2222
Trafford Rape Crisis Centre (TRC) (Manchester based but open to all)
www.traffordrapecrisis.com
traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com (mailto:traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com)
Office Phone: 0161 968 2820
Helpline Phone: 0161 647 7559
27 Nov 2023
S1 E1 Charlotte Clayton Part 1
Rape myths and facts, unconscious bias
The work they do in schools
“The absence of a no does not mean a yes”
Why people find it hard to go to the police
Inappropriate and hurtful terms used by the authorities at times.
The problems WITHIN the authorities
A common response to sexual trauma (disassociation and the freeze response)
An expanded understanding of the 3 F's, now 5 - Fight, Flight, Freeze, Flop, Friend.
The need to understand the psychology of the perpetrators.
Understanding low level to higher level behaviour
If you have been affected by anything discussed here, or you need more information, here are a list of helpful resources to reach out to:
National Rape Crisis Helpline (open to all, male, female, non-binary...)
0808 500 2222
Trafford Rape Crisis Centre (TRC) (Manchester based but open to all)
www.traffordrapecrisis.com
traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com (mailto:traffordrapecrisis@gmail.com)
Office Phone: 0161 968 2820
Helpline Phone: 0161 647 7559
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