[Germany] Rostock police: 8 out of 10 rape accusations are false

Lethn · 2015-09-12T20:44:08+00:00

wow it's very interesting to see the police actually reporting about this, usually they just take cover.

ABC_Florida · 2015-09-13T02:25:44+00:00

I would be curious what would happen if men would start to accuse women with rape. Would they be prosecuted for false claims?

Because if a man wants to get out of his marriage with a better outcome, he could charge the wife with rape or state she's abusive and get more money and the custody of children.

intoto · 2015-09-12T23:20:24+00:00

This is not new or isolated. For people investigating allegations of rape or child abuse allegations during custody disputes, the vast majority are not substantiated, and are not prosecuted. There is a general understanding among the judiciary, law enforcement and "those who study these issues" that a significant percentage of such accusers are simply using the system as a weapon against those they are accusing of wrongdoing, and that they rarely will be punished for making false allegations.

xNOM · 2015-09-13T00:48:09+00:00

A little unclear from the article whether this is 80% of rapes, or 80% of all sex crimes (exhibitionism, child porn, rape, sexual assault). The title implies the former, the text, the latter.

HotSauciness · 2015-09-13T14:27:06+00:00

I would be very cautious taking this at face value. We know nothing about the methodology or what criteria they used to determine an accusation "false." It's just the opinion of one police department. Most rape cases don't have evidence one way or the other, so for most cases to determine whether they're true or false the police would basically just be guessing. When feminists claim only 2% of rape claims are false, they're assuming that any claim not proven false must be true. To get a number this high, the police are likely doing the same thing: assuming that any claim without evidence must be false. False accusations are a problem that needs to be taken more seriously, but that doesn't mean you should be throwing away common sense and latching onto any statistic that serves your purpose. If these police said 2% of accusations were false would this post be so highly upvoted? Would people be taking it at face value or would we be more critical? Let's not get so wrapped up in false accusations that we forget there are many people who actually are raped and do need to have their claims taken seriously.

Title	[Germany] Rostock police: 8 out of 10 rape accusations are false
Author	Ultramegasaurus
Upvotes	152
Comments	19
Date	September 12, 2015 7:32 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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