New legislation has been in place in Scotland for over a year now and the conviction rate for rapes has doubled. This is got to be a great step in the right direction - but why isn't this information more publically known. Do the offenders/future offenders even know that the boundaries on the classifications of sexual assaults and rapes have moved dramtically. And if they did know, wouldn't this in turn perhaps prevent a number of these incidents from happening in the first place ie in regards to defences over consent and the victim being too drunk to grant it. I think it is great that the law has changed but I also think the public should be made more aware of it. Have the laws changed in other countries in Britain also in line with the Scottish Laws.