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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on January 24, 2021, 07:46:22 PM

Title: 'Has rape become the perfect crime?
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 24, 2021, 07:46:22 PM

The numbers here are frightening.


https://news.sky.com/story/99-of-rapes-reported-to-police-in-england-and-wales-do-not-result-in-legal-proceedings-why-12104130

Title: Re: 'Has rape become the perfect crime?
Post by: jeremyp on January 25, 2021, 12:26:22 PM

The damning data set there is the number of prosecutions that has been in steep decline since 2017. In the same period, reports of rape have steeply increased.

I don't buy the hypothesis that the CPS has changed its policy to only prosecute cases that they are likely to win because then we would see the proportion of convictions increasing but the data show they have decreases roughly in proportion. I suspect the problem is entirely due to lack of resources - not enough police officers.