04 6 / 2012

"Although false allegations are 5% of all rapes reported to the police, the fact that at least 90% of rapes are never reported to the police (not just including college samples, and this is a conservative estimate) suggests that of all rapes (those reported and not reported to the police), 0.005% are false allegations. And importantly, although false rape claims are reprehensible, it is important to acknowledge that they are also incredibly rare. Clearly, as a group, victims are very unlikely to report rapes to the police, and even less likely to make false claims."

Joanne Belknap, Rape: Too Hard to Report and Too Easy to Discredit Victims  (via ohthewaywardwind)

(Source: vaw.sagepub.com, via newhatshelby)

  1. puppysizedelephantsaresojokes reblogged this from feminist77
  2. damnitfeelsgoodtobeavegan reblogged this from feminist77
  3. feminist77 reblogged this from newhatshelby
  4. another-face-lost-in-a-crowd reblogged this from newhatshelby
  5. newhatshelby reblogged this from sassyfeminist
  6. ineedmymorningtea posted this