stumu415@lemmy.zip to News · 2 days agoFormer Louisiana mayor sentenced to 90 days over rape of 16-year-old boywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up1453arrow-down19 cross-posted to: politicsnews
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minus-squareLedivinlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoYou very literally said Just because a victim doesn’t report does not mean that the perpetrator is innocent. How exactly do you expect unreported crimes to be included in the stats?
minus-squarevelma@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·3 hours agoStats on rape and sexual assault should include it, not stats on jail time for offenders. None of you have looked into stats on rape and sexual assault before. It’s almost always included in some way because reporting of rape is very low.
minus-squareLedivinlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoAgain, how exactly do you want unreported crimes to be included? We just modify the numbers in ways that make our position look better, or…?
minus-squarevelma@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoThey already get included in some stats about rape and sexual assault. Do you think reporting to the police is the only way people find out about rape?
You very literally said
How exactly do you expect unreported crimes to be included in the stats?
Stats on rape and sexual assault should include it, not stats on jail time for offenders.
None of you have looked into stats on rape and sexual assault before. It’s almost always included in some way because reporting of rape is very low.
Again, how exactly do you want unreported crimes to be included? We just modify the numbers in ways that make our position look better, or…?
They already get included in some stats about rape and sexual assault.
Do you think reporting to the police is the only way people find out about rape?