quincy
Senior Member
I understand what you are saying, ecmst12, and I don't entirely disagree with what you are saying. But perhaps I am seeing the reputational harm that comes from false accusations more clearly than you are.
Following is a link to the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, National Sexual Violence Resource Center, on false reporting (2012):
http://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/Publications_NSVRC_Overview_False-Reporting.pdf
And here is a link to The National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women, on false reporting (2009):
http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/the_voice_vol_3_no_1_2009.pdf
Make of these what you will.
I do not think that any accusation of any criminal act should go unchallenged. I do not think that those who accuse should be treated any differently than those who are accused - until the one accused is criminally charged and convicted based on the facts and the evidence.
There have been a few widely publicized cases recently where those convicted of sex crimes were not given by the judges the sentences that the crimes deserved. That in itself should be a crime. But, if victims are going to stop being victims, they need to empower themselves and accept that their accusations will be investigated thoroughly and that they will be questioned. This is what is necessary to preserve rights and reputations.
Following is a link to the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, National Sexual Violence Resource Center, on false reporting (2012):
http://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/Publications_NSVRC_Overview_False-Reporting.pdf
And here is a link to The National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women, on false reporting (2009):
http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/the_voice_vol_3_no_1_2009.pdf
Make of these what you will.
I do not think that any accusation of any criminal act should go unchallenged. I do not think that those who accuse should be treated any differently than those who are accused - until the one accused is criminally charged and convicted based on the facts and the evidence.
There have been a few widely publicized cases recently where those convicted of sex crimes were not given by the judges the sentences that the crimes deserved. That in itself should be a crime. But, if victims are going to stop being victims, they need to empower themselves and accept that their accusations will be investigated thoroughly and that they will be questioned. This is what is necessary to preserve rights and reputations.
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