Comments on: “False Rape Accusations May Be More Common Than Thought”

By: P.F.Monte

P.F.Monte — Thu, 04 May 2006 13:53:47 +0000

See Kathleen Parker’s very recent editorial on this subject. It’s much more common that many realize, and there are powerful political/iedological forces who would prefer that the word not get out.

By: dad

dad — Thu, 04 May 2006 10:28:38 +0000

I demur.

“Thought” is extremely UN-common.

By: ja

ja — Thu, 04 May 2006 07:06:32 +0000

The article reinforces the idea that an eyewitness may ot be the best source of information to identify the perpetrator.

I wonder if the distinction between the 2 percent number and the 25 percent value is that 25 percent of those accused of performing a rape are misidentified versus 2 percent of women reporting to be raped have not in fact been raped.