September 28, 2011

NY TIMES: "Thousands of sexual assaults that occur in the United States every year are not reflected in the federal government’s yearly crime report because the report uses an archaic definition of rape that is far narrower than the definitions used by most police departments. Many law enforcement officials and advocates for women say that this underreporting misleads the public about the prevalence of rape and results in fewer federal, state and local resources being devoted to catching rapists and helping rape victims."

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Ugh.

“The definition of rape used by the F.B.I. — “the carnal knowledge of a female, forcibly and against her will” was written more than 80 years ago. The yearly report on violent crime, which uses data provided voluntarily by the nation’s 18,000 law enforcement agencies, is widely cited as an indicator of national crime trends.

But that definition, critics say, does not take into account sexual-assault cases that involve anal or oral penetration or penetration with an object, cases where the victims were drugged or under the influence of alcohol or cases with male victims. As a result, many sexual assaults are not counted as rapes in the yearly federal accounting.”

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    Oh hey, that’s…that’s awesome. And by awesome I mean totally fucked up. But I have been notified by Tumblr that most...
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    This pisses me off beyond belief even though I am not actually surprised by the information.
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    Well that seems like a pretty large oversight. I wonder if by this language the statistics also exclude sexual assault...
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