Last week, the Office of National Statistics published its annual report of UK crime data. And whilst it was found that burglary rates have fallen by 5 per cent, and criminal damage by 9 pc, the number of rapes reported was found to have risen during 2015 by a shocking 39 pc.

Since Operation Yewtree, the silence surrounding and stigma attached to rape has significantly lessened. In the cases of Jimmy Savile and Bill Cosby, we have witnessed high profile investigations of sexual offence in both America and Britain. Yet whilst this newfound openness surrounding the topic - one which can most likely account for the rise in reported assaults - has done much for female victims, male rape has hitherto remained a taboo subject.

Which is where American Crime comes in. A cable television programme, American Crime has fought to bring the issue of male rape to a wider audience and it is being praised for addressing the matter in a bold and open way. For the anthology series is currently dedicating its entire second season to a single crime: the rape of a male student by several of his peers on the high school basketball team.