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Title: | 11 Silvienne - Your right, rape is disgusting | |||
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| Name: | Ibn Musa | | |||
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| First of all, you tell that to the U.K. which has had a vast increase in the percentages of rapes Then by all means, inform the United States, they have the highest amount of recorded rapes among the all the countries that keep statistics on the subject What is more disgusting is your pretense of being a Palestinian advocate, when you`re nothing but a plain old anti-semite Here are the facts on the U.K. I have posted the U.S. facts elsewhere in this forum "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3074845.stm Is rape really rocketing? Startling figures suggest female rapes have soared in the UK in recent years, going up 27% in the last year alone. Are so many more women really being attacked? Or is there another story behind the statistics? There were 11,441 recorded rapes last year, according to latest police figures. This compares to 8,990 the year before - and 6,281 when Labour came to power in 1997, a rise of 82%. Police and the Home Office said the figures had shot up partly because of new ways of collecting statistics. They also said women were more confident to come forward following changed policing practices. Policing minister Hazel Blears said: "I think it is actually good news that more and more women now feel confident enough to report rape. "We`ve got a number of sexual referral centres right across the country, much better doctors, much better medical examinations, so that women now are coming forward in increasing numbers." Conviction rate But campaign group Women Against Rape was extremely sceptical that women were in fact getting a better deal at the hands of the police. "They get a more sympathetic ear and a cup of tea and all that kind of thing," Ruth Hall told BBC News Online. "But they`re not getting what they need - which is justice, and the men being put where they can`t hurt other women." Police were still making fundamental errors with the ways they dealt with rape, she said - including the way they took statements and collected evidence. She pointed out that the conviction rate for rape was still only 7% - "so it doesn`t make any difference how many women come forward, no more people are getting convicted." One senior London police officer has blamed the rise on rape partly on changing social attitudes, with more women going out at night and increased use of drugs and alcohol - giving opportunistic acquaintance rapists a chance. |
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