M: 日本の状況を変えるためには何を改善すべきですか？ 支援センター？ 法律？ それとも権力構造？
M: What kind of improvements should be made in Japan in regards to handling cases of rape and sexual assault? What kind of progress can be made in terms of victim support? What kind of changes can be made in the judicial system, or with the authorities?

S: すべてですね。でもまずは、警察の捜査システムは改善してほしいです。日本の被害者女性たちに話を聞きましたが、届け出ない人の多くが「男性警官に話を聞かれ、信じてもらえない、そして警察で事件を再現しなくてはいけないから」と言っていました。
 
S: All of these facets – every single organization – needs to be improved. First and foremost, the current processes for investigation put in place by the police must be improved. With many of the Japanese rape victims I have interviewed, the reason why they do not file a complaint is because, in their initial contact with an officer, they are not believed. Furthermore, the officer, who is almost always male, then must return to the scene of the crime to reenact the events that transpired and discuss the incident with his colleagues, who are again mostly male.

M: 再現?
M: Reenact?

S: そう。大勢の警察官達の前で人形を相手にレイプの再現をし写真を撮られます。フランスにもあります？
 
S:  Yes. I had to lie down on the floor, and they brought in this life size doll. There were three or four male investigators with a camera. And they just pushed the doll on top of me and moved it around my body, as if to “reenact” the crime. They had to take photos of me like this. Do you have to do this in France?

M: まさか！ 殺人事件の場合は容疑者が行う場合があるけれど、被害者はありえない。それはひどいトラウマになりますね。
M: Absolutely not! In France, there are cases where the police do reenactments, for instance with murder cases, but this never involves the victims. And never for rape. That must have been terribly traumatizing.