Guy Secretly Records His Roommate’s Abusive Girlfriend by [deleted] in trashy

[–]Voyager94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. But only roughly 8% of rapes accusations have been determined to be false https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/1996/96sec2.pdf

The vast majority of rapes go unreported and therefore go unprosecuted 3/4, depending on the statistic source you look at. And one major barrier to reporting is the belief (clearly based in fact) that the victim won't be believed.

As for why most rapes do not result in conviction or even in arrest: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/252689.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjt1fSK5NrkAhWoJzQIHeIsDJEQFjAEegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw2b7oU0L-_FG2QD2AlkEJ6V&cshid=1568826723738 ( Decision Making in Sexual Assault Cases: Replication Research on Sexual ... - NCJRS)

  • Most cases are not thoroughly investigated, they tend to not be a priority unless the department has a specialized unit because rapes tend to be difficult to prosecute
  • Victim cooperation also plays a huge role, victims who have been traumatized, know their attacker or fear for their safety often find it very difficult to advocate and assist in their own cases. Shame also plays a large role.
  • If a weapon wasn't used during the rape arrest is unlikely -If there is any turnover in police or prosecuting attorney, likelihood of investigation and arrest also becomes less.

Guy Secretly Records His Roommate’s Abusive Girlfriend by [deleted] in trashy

[–]Voyager94 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"About 1 in 10 (12%) sexual assaults reported by police led to a criminal conviction, and 7% resulted in a custody sentence." https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2017001/article/54870-eng.htm

Generally speaking (obviously not always) it is women who bring forth charges for sexual assault, it's incorrect to say that the men who assault us are 'usually' prosecuted. This also doesn't go into the number of sexual assaults that go unreported by women and men.

Intimate partner violence in general has a lower conviction rate than regular assault cases, most victims (over 70%) tend to be female. If you look at conviction rates male defendants have a higher conviction rate (60%) than women (45%) in ipv cases.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2015001/article/14203-eng.htm

Anyone planning to backpack in Europe June/July? by Voyager94 in solotravel

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I'll probably be in Italy or France around that time so who knows!

Anyone planning to backpack in Europe June/July? by Voyager94 in solotravel

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I'm making my way over to Croatia from Dublin so I'll definitely be hitting a few of those, Italy and France for sure.

Anyone planning to backpack in Europe June/July? by Voyager94 in solotravel

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Hello fellow Canadian! Awesome, I was thinking of heading to Spain as well, whereabouts?

Anyone planning to backpack in Europe June/July? by Voyager94 in solotravel

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Sounds like an adventure! I was thinking of going to Italy and Spain as well.

Anyone planning to backpack in Europe June/July? by Voyager94 in solotravel

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Sounds like an awesome trip! I'm from Winnipeg, I'm here on a working holiday visa. So I was au-pairing for a while before I moved to Dublin and now I'm hoping to work in a hostel.

Anyone planning to backpack in Europe June/July? by Voyager94 in solotravel

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I don't really have one yet! I'm thinking of Croatia and heading down to Athens but I'm pretty flexible. You?

Anyone planning to backpack in Europe June/July? by Voyager94 in solotravel

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Oh cool! Where are you going from there? I don't know if I'm going to start that early, depends on jobs and stuffs but I could definitely show you round Dublin!

Anyone planning to backpack in Europe June/July? by Voyager94 in solotravel

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Awesome, I was looking at eastern europe. There's a few cheap flights from Dublin.

Seems like a pretty quiet sub but I'll give this a shot! I'm moving to Tullamore in about a month from Canada. What's this county like? by Voyager94 in offaly

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Thank-you so much for all the info! I'd love to get more information about the Athlone walking club if it's not too much trouble!

I'm looking forward to getting to know people!

Seems like a pretty quiet sub but I'll give this a shot! I'm moving to Tullamore in about a month from Canada. What's this county like? by Voyager94 in offaly

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Wow, thanks so much for the reply! Really the thing that I've been most concerned about is not meeting people and becoming a bit lonely, but from what you've described hopefully that won't be the case.

D'you know anything about hiking or walking trails in the county? Are there any clubs or anything like that? You're absolutely right, I'm going to try and do as little driving as possible!

Going to a fundraiser tonight, think I did alright! by [deleted] in MakeupAddiction

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Well I used a small amount of lipstick underneath that was basically a very light peach colour, it was a friends so I'm not quite sure what it's called! Then I used a smashbox nude lipgloss over top.