in addition both male and female victims often do not want to relive the traumatic experience andor feel fear shame embarrassment and an unwillingness to become involved in the police and judicial systems these stationsunits are staffed primarily by female officers in order to provide an environment where women may feel more comfortable in reporting crimes they often combine a number of specialised police officers with health and social workers along with legal specialists to form a team that can comprehensively respond to cases of genderbased violence including domestic violence and sexual assault