I do believe there are a lot more crimes committed then reported, don’t assume I have a position for your narrative. With that being said, please tell me how a reasonable person would not take below as I did?
Stats on rape and sexual assault should include instances where the perpetrator doesn’t see any jail time because the rape and sexual assault still happens.
Just because a victim doesn’t report does not mean that the perpetrator is innocent.
You want statistics to include unreported crimes as in your first sentence. Your last sentence calls for an implied guilt of everyone implicated in a sexual assault, no beyond that, as you said “… A victim doesn’t report does not mean that the perpetrator…”
This is how you get a police state, where anyone at any time can be destroyed when a person with more power wants it. Do you honestly think this will help victims? Even more so sexual assault victims? The idea that you want stats (that have in this day an age a shaky relationship with the truth) to start including make believe data points in order to push an objective is so bassackwards that I can only see it coming from an american.
Most of us know crimes (more so of a sexual intent) are under reported, the idea that numbers should be fudged (once again that you clearly imply) to make the report fit better with any narrative (good intentions and all that) is so mind numbingly insane that they made a movie about how bad an idea it is.
I do believe there are a lot more crimes committed then reported, don’t assume I have a position for your narrative. With that being said, please tell me how a reasonable person would not take below as I did?
You want statistics to include unreported crimes as in your first sentence. Your last sentence calls for an implied guilt of everyone implicated in a sexual assault, no beyond that, as you said “… A victim doesn’t report does not mean that the perpetrator…”
This is how you get a police state, where anyone at any time can be destroyed when a person with more power wants it. Do you honestly think this will help victims? Even more so sexual assault victims? The idea that you want stats (that have in this day an age a shaky relationship with the truth) to start including make believe data points in order to push an objective is so bassackwards that I can only see it coming from an american.
Most of us know crimes (more so of a sexual intent) are under reported, the idea that numbers should be fudged (once again that you clearly imply) to make the report fit better with any narrative (good intentions and all that) is so mind numbingly insane that they made a movie about how bad an idea it is.
Statistics on rape and sexual assault should include that information, yes.
There are victims more willing to be honest about what has happened to them in polls and surveys than reporting to the police.
Just because a victim of rape did not report it to the police does not mean the rape didn’t happen. I’m not suggesting numbers be fudged or made up.
I’ve said nothing on punishing people who have not been convicted in a court of law.