Why have convictions for Rape in the UK dropped so much?

Question

According to recent article:

"The rape conviction rate in Britain has plummeted from 33% in the 70s to just 5.7% today, and that the 14,000 rapes reported each year are thought to be the tip of the iceberg - Solicitor General, Vera Baird, suggested that only 10%-20% of all cases are brought to the attention of the authorities."

Why do you think this is?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/01/gender.women

Answer 1

fear of the allegations being false, it is better for women's groups to have a low conviction rate than a high false allegation rate.

Answer 2

My understanding is that it's because the authorities are doing a much better job of weeding out the false reports.

Answer 3

I suspect that the lower classes in Britain have been replaced by immigrants and cultures where rape is a huge stigma. It's a shame that feminists have an unofficial 'hands-off' policy when it comes to muslim cultures.

Answer 4

because we live in a culture that still stigmatizes rape as shameful and still think women are liars (since at least the 1700s).

here is an article -

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...

a woman says, do they think 95% of women lie about rape?

(answer is yes....community perception is that women lie....many - on this forum - hammer the message home that women are vindictive liars -- fathers rights groups also hammer the message home)

note too that the rape of a 10 year old girl got 2 years sentence. and when the community protested, it was stretched to a whole whopping 4 years.

i have seen MANY articles where they quote the judge as saying the defendent was a "good guy" - an unbelievable amount - in regard to cases of DV and rape.  

women are still not receiving justice in the justice system.

of course, i'm going to be called a liar for saying that, but the research is there.  (it's the culture that does not accept it b/c misogynist messages still get more clout and media attention than facts and research)