Our attention has been drawn to some new research by David Wolchover and Anthony Heaton-Armstrong into rape convictions. The question posed by their research is whether or not ask should juries in rape cases be told about the relative prevalence of false complaints?
The research is too detailed and complex to summarise but is well worth reading not least of which because it highlights the difficulties the researchers found in statistics.
For further information go to the Criminal Justice and Law Weekly website here
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