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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by intended on Friday March 23, 2018 @03:20AM (#16655803)
I recall this is Because their definition is far broader - if it was applied to other countries the number of rapes would increase
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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by IanCal on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:17AM (#16656030)
I think it's to do with the collection of statistics as well.

They record the rape at the initial reporting to the police, no matter what any later investigation shows, and multiple rapes are counted individually (many countries do not).

This is not saying which approach is correct for recording the numbers, but that you cant simply compare the numbers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19592372

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