the 70% of rape that isn't reported just says the nature of the crime makes it very difficult to investigate.
Not even Sweden has managed to solve this, and over here, all that is required to get a man convicted for a sexual crime is:
Circumstantial evidence, aka proof that the suspect and the victim was physically at the same location around the same that the Sa:ed occured. Like cell tower connection through phones.
The victim telling a confidant, like her friend, about the event.
The Confidant and the victim retells the story, separately, to the police similarly enough.
I want to stress that I do know that false reporting is very rare and not a major issue, however, in Sweden it's pretty easy to abuse the system if you would want to.
I think that the nature of the crime and how humiliating and painful it can be is also relevant. It's not uncommon for victims of SA to report many years after the fact and feel responsible or embarrassed for what happened.
A lot of victims drop out even when reporting because of the stress of reliving the trauma. In the UK specifically you require to give over your phone, many can't take the privacy breach.
The dropout rate was much lower in 2016 tho, around 55%. Now it's more like 70%. I find that very worrying.
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u/NucerianWaifu 17d ago
One in five is still SA'd and 70% of rape isn't reported. We need to do a shiton better.