The former DPP is conducting a review for the Labour party into victims' rights and the way victims are treated by the courts and police.
Traditional courtroom methods of dealing with evidence are not working either, Starmer suggests: "For many victims the adversarial journey through our courtrooms is such an ordeal that most vow never to repeat it.
"The way some victims and witnesses in the sex-grooming trials were treated makes very uncomfortable reading for any politician, lawyer or judge … Even when a case is sensitively handled, the adversarial system does not always serve victims well."