<As a serving policeman, there are several things I am not allowed to talk about.>

<There are plenty of operational secrets we cannot discuss, but I’m not referring to those. I’m talking about the taboo subjects. The ‘detection’ rate for rape is one of these.>

<It’s very frustrating to sit and listen to pundits talking about the low number of rape convictions in Court, when as police officers we all know what lies behind these poor numbers.>

<For example, I couldn’t possibly tell you that out of every ten rapes which are reported in Ruraltown, at least eight turn out to be nonsense.>

http://inspectorgadget.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/when-is-a-rape-not-a-rape-shock/

CHERFUL, pelican I agree with that point but by the same token there is an incentive for women to deny their own role in a sexual activity which they later regret. Looking back in the cold sober light of day they may decide that maybe it wasn't all as consentual as it seemed at the time.

I think that both apply at times.

R0bert

You make a valid point there Robert. But the thing is, if a female
has been duped by some guy, she has not been raped. Some will try
to get their own back, by turning it into a rape charge.

So IMHO we just need to be cautious and need some solid evidence
before we go locking people away for years.

If it was your son in jail, you might not be so thrilled.

Yabby pelican summed it up nicely "Not an easy issue to deal with from any perspective."

R0bert