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major_clanger) wrote2010-02-15 09:49 pm
major_clanger) wrote2010-02-15 09:49 pm
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Follow-up: research comparing rape investigations across Europe
Looking for international comparative data on rape prosecutions, to follow up comments on my earlier post, I found an extremely comprehensive recent report from the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit at London Metropolitan University:
"Different systems, similar outcomes? Tracking attrition in reported rape cases in eleven European countries" (4MB PDF)
Contains some surprising results, in particular as regards the country in Europe with the highest rate (47 per 100,000) of reported rapes. It's Sweden. However, reading the report makes it clear that much of the variation in reporting rates may be due to social factors rather than actual underlying differences.
"Different systems, similar outcomes? Tracking attrition in reported rape cases in eleven European countries" (4MB PDF)
Contains some surprising results, in particular as regards the country in Europe with the highest rate (47 per 100,000) of reported rapes. It's Sweden. However, reading the report makes it clear that much of the variation in reporting rates may be due to social factors rather than actual underlying differences.