According to FBI statistics, false… - Doris Layton MacKenzie

“Finally, another large-scale study [of false rape allegations] was conducted in Australia, with the 850 rapes reported to the Victoria police between 2000 and…

David Lisak

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“The heated public discourse about the frequency of false rape allegations often makes no reference to actual research. When the discourse does make reference to research, it often founders on the stunning variability in research findings on the frequency of false rape reports. A recently published comprehensive review of studies and reports on false rape allegations listed 20 sources whose…

David Lisak

“When New York City created a special Rape Analysis Squad commanded by police- women, the female police officers found that only 2 percent of all rape complaints were false—about the same false-report rate that is usual for other kinds of felonies. (a a talk given by Judge Lawrence H. Cooke before the Association of the Bar of the City of…

Susan Brownmiller

“- Rape is a unique crime, representing both a physical and psychological violation. More than with any other crime the victim can experience reporting…

Liz Kelly

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“Police recording of false allegations of rape: "The data on the pro formas limit the extent to which one can assess the police designations, but their internal rules on false complaints specify that this category should be limited to cases where either there is a clear and credible admission by the complainants, or where there are strong evidential grounds. On…

Liz Kelly

“They say that rape is the only crime in which the victim has to prove her innocence. And I want you to know, I…

Alina Klein

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Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.

Freda Adler

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“Of course false-rape allegations have happened. My friend Astra Taylor points out that the most dramatic examples in this country were when white men…

Rebecca Solnit

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“When an individual is raped in this country, more than 90 percent of the time the rapist gets away with the crime. —”

Jon Krakauer

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“Talk of "witch-hunts" conceals an inconvenient fact: men charged with rape stand a better chance of walking free than other defendants. The conviction rate…

Joan Smith

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“The mistake we make is in thinking rape isn’t premeditated, that it happens by accident somehow, that you’re drunk and you run into a girl who’s also drunk and half-asleep on a bench and you sidle up to her and things get out of hand and before you know it, you’re being accused of something you’d never do. But men…

Scaachi Koul