The Metropolitan police failed to investigate scores of rape allegations because officers did not record them as criminal offences, the Guardian has learned.
An internal review by Scotland Yard found that women who complained to police that they feared they may have been raped or suffered a serious sexual assault had their concerns dismissed in up to six London boroughs. In a breach of police policy, officers instead classed the incidents as crime related incidents [CRI], meaning the cases were not investigated properly, informed sources say…
The practice of dismissing women’s fears of rape and failing to class them as crimes is believed to have continued for several years and was ended last year. The review that identified the practice was triggered by the Worboys case.
When the procedure was corrected it led to a spike in recorded rape cases, up by 25% over the past year, at a time when overall crime in London fell.
Reflect upon how much of policing can be politics – and shouldn’t be.
#19,
Yeah, Women in UK get $25,000 (from taxpayers btw) for merely making the accusation of rape? Woah. I may move to britan just to claim that I was raped. Oh wait, men don’t qualify for that entitlement.
#21 – You could probably then sue the gov’t for discrimination. LOL!
Paddy-o,
Oh check this case out. Look at that, the guy was denied the right to cross examine his accuser and bring into evidence that he and his wife continued to screw for years after the “rape” and even made home made porn together after the “rape”, and he spent 10 years in jail.
OMG, and check out his lack of bitterness over the whole thing!
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/14/1m14marine01421-marine-free-after-conviction-tosse/?zIndex=67020
Now how on earth of bizaro cases like this happening, and I can trivially find a recent topical one, if women are not lying about rape, ALL THE FUCKING TIME.
#23 Holy crap! That woman should be thrown in jail and fined. Yeah, it’s a great weapon to wield, the threat of accusation.
#24,
You know, the internet is a funny thing. Virtually every liberal blog everywhere on the internet has erased virtually every article about the duke rape hoax.
Why do you suppose that is?
# 25 GregA said, “Why do you suppose that is?”
Liberalism as an ideology requires a high level of victim hood in its constituencies. If fear & hate can’t be fomented, the lib leaders can’t gain power & money.
Lol, and here I thought it was that the sanctamounious fucks who run poly blogs just don’t like the taste of crow meat.
Hmm, word comes from on high that crime needs to go down. Police cook the books and report back favorable results to their superiors. The powers that be look good to the voters.
They need to show that countries with gun control have low crime rates, and even more when you have knife control and pepper spray control.
Exactly how did this go from a thread regarding proper reporting of rape cases to a thread for advocating that women should not be allowed to report rape cases and for bashing of liberals?
#30, Scott,
Ask the fucking expert.
#17, GregA,
say a basket ball player is banging a whore,…
As soon as a woman ( or guy ) says “stop”, “enough”, “I don’t want any more”, or anything to signify to what a reasonable person would understand that she does not want to continue, you either stop or it becomes rape.
It doesn’t matter if you paid your $0.25 up front. If the woman (or guy) says to stop, you better. Getting your quarter back is your problem.
The law is quite explicit and clear on when it is consensual and when it isn’t. Those who rape are generally not favored in prison either.
#30 Because liberalism is the root of all evil?
On an almost related issue, I was saddened when rape law was applied to married partners.
Seems to me that “rape” should be impossible/inapplicable to married people. Assault and battery yes, rape no.
But then, I’m not a Muslim.
#34 – bobbo,
On an almost related issue, I was saddened when rape law was applied to married partners.
Seems to me that “rape” should be impossible/inapplicable to married people. Assault and battery yes, rape no.
Et tu bobbo??!!?
I am saddened to read such words from you.
At what point does the wife lose the ability to say no? Must her vocal chords be removed prior to marriage?
If a wife says no, it means no. Just like anyone else.
#34, Bobbo,
Although Scott did a good job of answering I’ll put my own two cents in.
A person owns their own body. You will always have the right and privilege to do with that body what you wish, provided you are an adult and not in jail.
If you do not wish to accompany your spouse to a Tupper Ware party, you do not have to attend. If you don’t want a tattoo, you don’t have to get one. And if you don’t want your spouse to have sex, beat you, cut you, keep you chained up, or locked in a room, you don’t have to consent.
You beat you wife, you go to jail. You purposely injure your wife, you go to jail. You rape your wife, you go to jail.
My most valued interlocutors, Scot and Fusion.
Both Wrong. Thats more sad than the concept of marital rape.
Rape is a subset of Assault and Battery. Rape is A&B against “that certain part” of a females anatomy. Why is there no special crime for A&B of the big toe, or the left knee?
There is a special crime for rape as it involves the violation of “that certain part” but that certain part is granted access by the marriage contract. A&B is not likewise granted.
Lets see–as a wife, would you rather have the A&B of unpermitted sex or the A&B of a baseball bat upside the head? I think most wives would take the rape as the “outrage” amongst spouses is long past.
You may disagree but doing so without even recognizing what has really been placed at issue is kinda going off premature – and the same feminists that think spousal rape should be prosecuted separate and above from A&B would prosecute you for that as well.
#37, Bobbo,
See? Nothing about any marriage “right”. But the word “consent” is used. Of course, in your jurisdiction, it may be different.
#37 – Bobbo – “Rape is A&B against “that certain part” of a females anatomy.” You’re gonna have to be more specific than that. I believe rape (under the law) can include unconsensual intercourse with the vagina, anus, breasts, mouth and perhaps other areas of the body.
I believe it is also possible for men to be raped. I had a friend who was the physician at a prison in New Mexico. He treated many anal tears caused by claimed rapes and once a man who’d had all of his teeth traumatically removed so he couldn’t bite the numerous chunks of manhood that were subsequently rammed down his throat. He was pretty sure this was a rape.
As for intercourse being granted to the husband by marriage, I am pretty certain that has been ruled ridiculous by many courts in the US of A. Maybe not in Alabama.
Yes, under much of Islamic law, the lady spouse has to give it up on demand. Perhaps you live under shar’ia law? Or in Alabama?
Who said marriage had anything to do with sex??? I certainly didn’t.
I just pointed out a case where a guy spent 10 years in jail for a horse shit false rape allegation.
A tiny little study on your part will reveal the true horror of the rate of false rape claims.
Oh and I didn’t know it, but women in the US get about $30k for claiming they were raped. Once again, tax payer dollars.