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your link states: "To classify a case as a false allegation, a thorough investigation must yield evidence that a crime did not occur." 2-10% provably false al
by abiox 9y ago
your link states:
"To classify a case as a false allegation, a thorough investigation must yield evidence that a crime did not occur."
2-10% provably false allegations does not mean 90-98% are true.
i have little doubt that most allegations speak to truth, but it also seems to me that trying to manipulate numbers in this way isn't beneficial.
- tfha 9y agoAlso, if we construct our society such that making false accusations is a way to get what you want, certainly the number of false accusations will rise.
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoI can't find that text in my link, and it actually argues the opposite, that some of the cases ruled "false" by many studies are probably actually true. But you're missing my main point, if, as one study found, 78% of false rape claims involve claims of weapons, gang rape or physical injury then it's not going to happen during a Silicon Valley office Christmas party. The raw numbers are paired with a narrative, when really the real data blows the narrative apart.
- abiox 9y ago> I can't find that text in my link sorry, i was unclear. it's found in the link under "only between 2% and 10% of all reports are estimated to be false".