Keir Starmer says Rape investigations 'undermined by belief that false accusations are rife'

[NormaStanleyFletcher]

This bit makes me a little worried

"Following completion of the CPS study, false allegation cases involving rape and domestic violence will no longer routinely be referred to the DPP. "These cases will now be handled by [CPS] areas rather than headquarters, but we will continue to have an assurance regime where reports are sent in every six months," Starmer said."

When they were all being referred to Keir's department I felt more comfortable; I don't know exactly why but I have trust in him.

This bit is very interesting I thought

Of 159 suspects linked to allegedly false claims referred to the CPS between January 2011 and May 2012, 92% were women. Nearly half of them were 21 or under. One surprise was that in 38% of those investigations, the initial complaint of rape or domestic violence was made by someone other than the suspect. Among those under 18 it was 50% and often involved a parent

[LineRunner]

Yes it looks like the PCC deals with online content in this kind of case.

[LineRunner]

running bloody hell

[TheDoctrineOfSnatch]

WTF is the BBC up to?

[Darkesteyes]

Bloody hell What the fuck are they playing at.

[NormaStanleyFletcher]

Did they employ someone who couldn't read to write it, or someone with an agenda

That was the question I asked upthread, and it looks like someone with an agenda really. Doesn't it?

[NormaStanleyFletcher]

The links at the bottom of that interview with the police officer are all to stories of false claims too

And from what she says, you could equally say that she is reassuring the victim that all the facts will be fully investigated.

[Greythorne]

This is really important. A man who runs a special interest group advocating for individuals falsely accused is writing articles about rape stats.

WTF is going on at the BBC?

Well spotted, linerunner.

[NormaStanleyFletcher]

Greythorne - I don't think he runs faso. I think he posted on there, rather like media requests get posted on here (and there are other journalists who have posted asking for similar things on the faso site)

[MyNameIsInigoMontoya]

[NormaStanleyFletcher]

That response from the beeb to evaw is pathetic.

The journalist who wrote the newsbeat article has obviously been trying to write an article about how bad false accusations for months, and has used this report as a (poor) excuse.

[Greythorne]

Oh, yes, ok, sorry, I see it's a media request and not something the site owners have posted.

Apologies.

But the issue remains that Harvey clearly had an agenda.

Fucking BBC.

[KateMumsnet]

Hi all - just popping in to let you know that we have a guest blog on this topic today, from Holly Dustin of the End Violence Against Women coalition.

Do have a look and let us know what you think?

We've also got interesting posts from Mumsnet Bloggers Glosswitch, My Elegant Gathering of White Snows, and A Hot Bath Won't Cure It.

[KarlosKKrinkelbeim]

Obsessing about false allegations of rape rather than rape itself is roughly akin to standing in the salon of theTtitanic as it sinks worrying about a speck on the wallpaper, so minute in scale is the one problem compared with the other.
people sometimes tell lies. Not women, but people. On the whole, when it comes to maing reports to the police, they don't. When they do, there are safeguards in place to protect the innocent. Now let's move on and worry about the real problem.

[Bramshott]

So the BBC's angle is that their report yesterday was "a story commissioned to specifically examine what it was like to be falsely accused of rape" which JUST HAPPENED to come out on the same day as the CPS report ?

[Greythorne]

Sorry, I have missed the BBC reply, where is that?

[Bramshott]

It's on the EVAW page if you scroll down to the end of their letter to the BBC.

[Bramshott]

I'm still reeling from the fact that the BBC decided including 'on our facebook page Gina described false accusations as ?disgusting?' in their official reply was a helpful and grown-up contribution to the discussion .

[Greythorne]

The BBC report gives whole new meaning to the term disingenuous.

FFS

[TunipTheVegedude]

The BBC response is insulting and the Eaves reply to it excellent.

[ArbitraryUsername]

Yes, the BBC response is seriously inadequate and very clearly shows that they just do not care. In fact, they seem to think that having perpetuated rape myths and gotten Facebook comments that confirm their success in doing so is A Good Thing.

[LineRunner]

Greythorne it was runningforthebusinheels who did the major detective work. She's very switched on!

[LineRunner]

KateMumsnet Many thanks for the links.

[MurderOfGoths]

That's a pathetic response, and the comments they've chosen as a response are just the icing on the cake

[NormaStanleyFletcher]

Oh dear. Don't go and read the comments on the Huffington Post article about the beeb article.

Depressing as hell

[Trekkie]

I wonder how the police officer who was interviewed has reacted to her video about assuring victims they will be believed and that their cases would be thoroughly investigated, being "reinterpreted" by newbeat as a warning to rape victims.
FFS.