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In reply to the discussion: The saddest graph you’ll see today [View all]caseymoz
(5,763 posts)15. Yes, you can have a reward system that generates more false reports.
But the US doesn't have one of those.
I think this figure is about right.
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If you have no idea how the group reached their conclusions, why are you so sure that they are wrong
yardwork
Jan 2013
#78
If you are actually saying that women were threatened with PROSECUTION for reporting a rape-
WCLinolVir
Jan 2013
#76
you are correct. I know someone falsely accused and it cost them about tens time what it cost you
Swagman
Jan 2013
#44
I have no idea what the real figures are but I recall the dodgy US Attorney General claimed
Swagman
Jan 2013
#58
I'm always reluctant to get involved with these discussions but I think a false allegation is so
Swagman
Jan 2013
#12
Try the known discarded police reports from the Met and Manchester and Liverpool
intaglio
Jan 2013
#36
what the fuck is the MRA and it is you spouting rubbish by weaving separate incidents
Swagman
Jan 2013
#57
exactly. what about their lives? I've heard people say that there are so few that it's not
samsingh
Jan 2013
#40
this is what the more hysterical will say uniquely in sex assault cases : it is better for a few
Swagman
Jan 2013
#45
The NCVS works by drawing a geographically stratified random sample of Americans
Jackpine Radical
Jan 2013
#31
how dare you accuse people of being rape apologists because they discuss false accusations
Swagman
Jan 2013
#59
That's what I understood him to be saying. He's gone off in a huff now, putting me on ignore.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#99
I don't see anybody disagreeing with the fact that false accusations are a problem.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#97
what's "faced trial", shouldn't there be jailed, charged, reported, unreported?
snooper2
Jan 2013
#34