This is False Allegations Awareness Month. The following is based on a recent survey (May 2-4), and certainly puts lie to the 2-3% stat that is regularly attributed to the FBI. The link to the survey is at the bottom of the article.
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national survey of 10,000 Americans reveals 11% report they have been falsely accused of abuse. The first-ever survey of its type probed persons' first-hand experiences with false allegations of child abuse, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. The study was commissioned by Stop Abusive and Violent Environments, a victim advocacy organization.
The survey results headlined a False Allegations Summit, which was held today at the Fairfax Hotel in Washington, DC.
Conducted May 2-4, 2011, the survey also found 15% of respondents personally knew someone who has been falsely accused of abuse. In 81% of the cases the falsely accused person was a male, and in 70% of cases the false alleger was a female. Twenty-six percent of the wrongful accusations were made in the context of a child custody dispute.
"This survey shows tens of millions of Americans have been falsely accused of abuse," explains SAVE spokesperson Natasha Spivack. "These persons were stamped with the scarlet Abuser label, leaving them to wonder whatever happened to the notion of 'innocent until proven guilty.'"
The Summit featured statements by leading stakeholder organizations, including the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Home School Legal Defense Association, American Coalition for Fathers and Children, National Coalition for Men, and Encounters International.
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers statement spotlighted the "immense, often irreparable harm caused to our clients by false allegations, not only to reputation and personal relationships, but often to the accused individual's livelihood and even heath."
The Summit also included the emotion-wrought testimonies by four victims of false allegations of abuse.
The False Allegations Summit is being held in the wake of a recent Washington Post front-page article about Sean Lanigan, a local school teacher who was falsely accused of sexual molestation by a 12-year-old student. The article triggered editorial commentaries and citizens' expressions of disbelief and outrage.
The full survey results can be viewed here: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/usnw/pl_usnw/storytext/DC12882/41712275/SIG=12fkmg020/*http://www.saveservices.org/false-allegations-awareness-month/survey-results/. The False Allegations Summit is the kick-off to False Allegations Awareness Month in June. More information on the observance can be found here: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/usnw/pl_usnw/storytext/DC12882/41712275/SIG=120gm79qd/*http://www.saveservices.org/false-allegations-awareness-month/.
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments is a victim advocacy organization working for evidence-based solutions to partner abuse: www.saveservices.org.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20110602/pl_usnw/DC12882
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Staggering because the vast majority of the persons abused are from a group that comprises less than one-half of the population.
. . . which goes to prove that ours is really a false rape culture.
This study is as bogus as the studies from the sexual grievance industry so please do not use these numbers going forward when real facts our on your side. It suffers from a number of problems the first is question wording and order where they lead to positive responses in this case they know someone that was falsely accused Related to the above they literately are asking do you beat your wife, there is just no way with the questions and length of the survey they got anything resembling the true numbers. Next, the few that would admit to this (as well as knowing someone) are more likely to say it was a frame up to defend their actions. Finally, there is no attempt to verify the cases.
I want real research on the subject but this is not it.
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Thought you guys might be interested in the controversy surrounding Rihanna's new music video. The song, "Man Down," was originally about killing a man and when the music video was made they made the decision to add rape to the backstory of the video so as to make the murder justified.
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This does NOT say 11% of allegations of abuse are false.
It DOES say 11% of those surveyed have been falsely accused.
Two completely separate things, the latter actual scenario being FAR more serious than the first, admittedly also very serious scenario.
@Anonymous: I'd just go ahead and say that I have a strong distrust of all surveys. There have been "studies" on how humans will lie even on anonymous studies/surveys even when there is not rational reason for them to do so. I didn't read through the study because it does not mean much to me. When you create incentives for poor behavior, then you will see that behavior.
I believe the strongest case to make when it comes to false accusations is asking the right questions that bring out parts of human nature. One lesson I've learned relatively late in life is that you can get people to admit/own up to terrible things if you ask the question in the right way. The truth is that most people have made a terrible lie of one type or another in which the lie negatively effected someone else or talked themselves into exaggerating/changing details to a bad scenario and then convincing themselves that the changed details actually happened. I can comfortably say that the ability to self-deceive is behind most false allegations. The trick is not to ask people if they would ever lie about rape but to ask if they ever as a kid changed details regarding a dispute with a sibling or kid at school when reporting it to their parents or teacher.
Feelings of being used -> I didn't want to have sex -> I didn't consent to sex
Husband raises voice in argument with wife -> Violent intimidation -> He violently threatened me
Parent spanking of a child for saying a bad word -> Parent hit the child -> Physical Child Abuse
Hug at work where a hand accidentally slipped across a bra strap + I think Person A looked at me sexually a week ago -> non-consensual groping
The truth is that as heinous as such lies are, I believe most people can understand the psychosis for such lies. Read a children's novel and you'll find plenty of examples of kids lying to get their preferred outcome. The critical difference is that children are given an open environment to confess to the lie and you can more easily discern if a child is lying. When adults make false accusations, not only can they better employ tactics to manipulate their conscience, but they also face huge consequences for acknowledging their lie. There are, for certain, false accusers who have broken out of their own self-deception but considered the costs of coming forward and determined it would be better to live with their personal guilt than to face the condemnation of society.
the official US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks that revealed that State Department employees were asked to obtain “biometrics” on public officials at the United Nations.
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why?
I want real research on the subject but this is not it.
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So what? These are the same methods that feminists use to "prove" an epidemic of unreported rapes.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander, babe!
Forgive me if I'm being creative with my math here. But looking at the two numbers, 11% of the respondents had been falsely accused of abuse, and 81% of the falsely accused were men......
11% x 81% = 8.91% of the respondents were men accused of abuse.
Or (8.9% x 2 =) 17.8% of men had been falsely accused of abuse.
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