Enough is Option 3 to report rape

Enough is Option 3

There are 3 reporting options:

Report to the Police. They will possibly refer you to a SARC for a full forensic examination
Go to a SARC to get a complete forensic examination, immediate 24 hr in person care for all your needs, and advice
Report with Enough. Self-test simply and discreetly and write a time-stamped testimony. Create deterrence and decide later if you want to report further.

Option 1: Report to the Police

The police themselves say this is a personal decision*

It can help emotionally as part of the recovery process
Where rape or sexual assault happened in a relationship, as part of a pattern of domestic abuse, reporting can help end the relationship and escape the violence.
It could be the first step on the road to a guilty verdict in court.
It can help them solve other cases and stop the attacker assaulting someone else

*www.police.uk

As the police themselves say, it is totally normal to be very unsure about reporting rape or sexual assault to the police, and about 85% choose not to. It is a survivor’s right to report what happened to them when and to whom they choose.

Option 2: Report to a SARC

Go to a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) to get immediate 24hr care for all your needs, a complete forensic examination, and advice on next steps.

A complete forensic examination will ensure that the most evidence is professionally collected and has the best likelihood of being relevant and admissible, helping achieve an eventual prosecution in a wider range of criminal prosecutions.

The manner in which any evidential sample is retrieved, analysed and stored could well be the subject of challenge in a criminal trial. Anyone involved in that process, including survivors using Enough, could be questioned and challenged about that in court. There are no guarantees that evidence relating to a DNA sample will be deemed admissible at trial. Each case will depend on its own circumstances.

The SARC is independent and can help you decide next steps without any pressure to report to the police

Option 3: Report with enough

Enough provides an alternative for survivors to deter offenders from engaging in sexual assaults, and support them through their recovery.
Enough is quick, easy, and totally private
You can share the aim of creating real deterrence and encouraging other survivors to do the same
It is 100% legal to report to Enough. You hold the power to decide exactly what you want to do, and when. No-one else.
An Enough report can have 3 parts:
1. An anonymous statement published to thousands on our website and in social media, telling the world what you want (with no names or details capable of identifying the offender)
2. A private record (optional) eg: who, what, where, when; encrypted in a private account for your eyes only. This is saved and time stamped. You can download it any time you want and take it to the police in the future. This can create powerful deterrence.
3. Self collect a DNA sample from your own body (optional). Get it analysed at our lab within 48 hours. The result is saved to your encrypted account, and half the sample is frozen at the lab for 20 years. You can allow police access to it if you ever want to. This could create powerful deterrence.

Students in Bristol are choosing to report to Enough hundreds of times more often than they are to their University; and about 6x more often than they are to the Police.

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