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)
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