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Originally posted by: sturm und drang
To take a quote from the Kevin Jackson article Evilmav posted:
"Well, sorry, guys, but I understand why so many women are so outraged. I also understand why so many rape victims never come forward."
Did she like it rough? Is she a sex- and celebrity-crazed basketball groupie? Did she overdose on drugs? Is she a slut? We've heard all of these questions and speculations bantered about in this very forum. Only 30.5% of rapes and sexual assaults are ever reported-- by far the lowest report rate for any felony. From all the accusations and implications about her character on this sites, other sites, TV and radio, it's no wonder 70% of women who are raped never report it.
What's going to happen to Kobe and his career is obviously very interesting, and is what most people are thinking about. But let's not forget the alleged victim. No one seems to be thinking about what's going to be left of her life and her reputation after this very public ordeal-- regardless of the outcome of the trial.
Thanks for the great article, Evilmav.
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Stole this off of a post at askmen.com:
Reporting Statistics sa.rochester.edu/masa/stats.php
Only 16% of rapes and sexual assaults are reported to the police (Rape in America: A Report to the Nation. 1992). In 1995 there were 97,460 rapes reported to law enforcement officials. At a 16% reporting rate, this means that there were actually closer to 649,733 rapes in the United States. Along the same lines, the number of rapes reported in New York state in 1996 was 20,911. At a 16% reporting rate, this means the actual number of rapes was closer to 139,406. (Computerized Criminal History, Feb. 1998)
The rate of false reports of rape is approximately 2 - 3% which is no different than that for other crimes. This is different than the 8% of reports which are unfounded. This means that in 8% of the rape cases reported the investigators or prosecutors deemed that the case was not prosecutable for any number of reasons. Only 2 - 3% of the reports however were fabricated stories.
Above is a chart showing the estimated rape rate per 100,000 people in the United States between 1960 and 1998. The rape rate in the US in 1998 was 34.4 per 100,000 persons. In 1997 there was a decrease of 7% in the overall crime rate, but the rate of rape and sexual assault did not decline at all. (National Crime Victimization Survey, 1997)
Women are 10 times more likely than men to be victims of sexual assault (National Crime Victimization Survey, 1997). A study among college women has shown that 1 out of every 5 college age women report being forced to have sexual intercourse. (1995 National College Health Risk Behavior Survey) 22% of all women say that they have been forced to do sexual things against their will, where only 3% of men admit to ever forcing themselves on a woman. (Laumann, 1994)