Re:89% of 2024 sexual offences in England went unsolve
by defrost on Monday January 13, 2025 @06:16PM
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Historically sexual offences in the US, the UK, Australia, and elsewhere have been both under reported and under investigated.
There's a potentially misleading graphic mid article: The proportion of violent and sexual offences solved has almost halved since 2017 that shows a change in "percentage of cases with an outcome" from 20% to a bit over 10%.
It's probable (but not clarified) that a good part of that percentage change is due to an increase in reporting of sexual offences.
It should go without saying that this is a sorry state of affairs, it should also be emphasized that this isn't neccessarily evidence of a sudden and sharp decline in the already low rate of convictions.
There's a potentially misleading graphic mid article: The proportion of violent and sexual offences solved has almost halved since 2017 that shows a change in "percentage of cases with an outcome" from 20% to a bit over 10%.
It's probable (but not clarified) that a good part of that percentage change is due to an increase in reporting of sexual offences.
It should go without saying that this is a sorry state of affairs, it should also be emphasized that this isn't neccessarily evidence of a sudden and sharp decline in the already low rate of convictions.