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> A lot of harassment cases involve sexual assault or other crimes, but the police and the courts are often so indifferent Are they? Or are most sexual assault
by sheepmullet 9y ago
> A lot of harassment cases involve sexual assault or other crimes, but the police and the courts are often so indifferent
Are they? Or are most sexual assault cases incredibly messy and unclear?
- late2part 9y agoMy impression from reading these comments is that we should bifurcate sexual assault from sexual harassment. Both are bad, one is worse. It may be that the former is civil while the latter is criminal.
- Avshalom 9y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15953907 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15953907
- sheepmullet 9y agoA bankrupt and highly corrupt county does not represent the country as a whole. I do mean it as an honest question - is there evidence of widespread police indifference to rape? I'd like to know how often getting a rape kit done leads to a criminal conviction. Does it double the likelihood?
- Avshalom 9y agohttp://www.endthebacklog.org/backlog/where-backlog-exists-and-whats-happening-end-it http://www.endthebacklog.org/backlog/where-backlog-exists-an...
- sheepmullet 9y agoSo I've read a few pages of that site and it seems like the main advantage is we can detect serial rapists. It turns out in certain parts of the country there are a lot of serial rapists. So now we have realised it is worthwhile and we are spending tens of millions to make sure we go through the backlog of rape kits to detect serial rapists. Now that there is money budgeted to do the work the police and courts are following through. That doesn't show police/court indifference or hostility at all.
- mcguire 9y agoThese aren't necessarily contradictory.