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UK WOMEN HAVE A MONETARY INCENTIVE TO LIE ABOUT RAPE, UK £11,000. Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ea_1239403618#08ZqxeBfr8BvuxtX.99
UK women have a monetary incentive to lie about rape, UK £11,000.
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ea_1...eBfr8BvuxtX.99
Sexual assault advocates in the United Kingdom are constantly lobbying for changes in the law to jack up the UK’s purportedly low conviction rate for rape. They invariably refuse even to entertain the possibility that the low rate is, in part, attributable to the fact that false rape claims are a significant problem. We have previously chronicled the prevalence of false rape claims on this website.
Sexual assault advocates also refuse to discuss a dirty little secret: some women in the UK likely lie about rape because they have a financial interest to do so. The UK compensates victims of non-forcible rape and even inappropriate touching over clothing. Consistent with the double standards so prevalent in this area, the UK does not compensate men who were falsely accused of rape, no matter how terrible their victimization.
As shown below, the UK’s compensation scheme is a microcosm of the modern day false rape problem: the government sticks its head in the sand and refuses even to acknowledge that the scheme it created provides an incentive for women to lie about rape. Moreover, that compensation scheme tells men falsely accused of rape that their injuries, no matter how great, are not as important as the injuries suffered by rape victims, no matter how slight.
The Compensation Scheme
The United Kingdom’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), funded by the Ministry of Justice, pays victims of “violent crimes” according to an established scheme of tariffs. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (2008) sets forth the standard amounts paid for each category of crime. The Scheme is found here.
A payment will be made if the alleged violent crime was more likely than not to have occurred. (Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (2008) ¶20) There is no necessity to prove the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, which is the standard for conviction in UK criminal courts.
Who is Covered?
While the Compensation Scheme is designed to cover crimes of violence, an exception is made for non-forcible rape and other sexual crimes not involving violence. Payments are made for mental injury, including “temporary mental anxiety,” suffered by non-consenting victims of sexual offenses. (Criminal Injuries Compensation (2008) ¶9.)
Under the compensation scheme, non-consensual penile penetration warrants UK £11,000. (Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (2008) Page 34.) Greater sums are allotted depending on the severity of the injury inflicted. A non-penetrative sexual physical act “over the clothing” warrants UK £1000. (Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (2008) Page 34.) This, presumably, includes a single instance of inappropriate touching.
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ea_1...eBfr8BvuxtX.99
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ea_1...eBfr8BvuxtX.99
Sexual assault advocates in the United Kingdom are constantly lobbying for changes in the law to jack up the UK’s purportedly low conviction rate for rape. They invariably refuse even to entertain the possibility that the low rate is, in part, attributable to the fact that false rape claims are a significant problem. We have previously chronicled the prevalence of false rape claims on this website.
Sexual assault advocates also refuse to discuss a dirty little secret: some women in the UK likely lie about rape because they have a financial interest to do so. The UK compensates victims of non-forcible rape and even inappropriate touching over clothing. Consistent with the double standards so prevalent in this area, the UK does not compensate men who were falsely accused of rape, no matter how terrible their victimization.
As shown below, the UK’s compensation scheme is a microcosm of the modern day false rape problem: the government sticks its head in the sand and refuses even to acknowledge that the scheme it created provides an incentive for women to lie about rape. Moreover, that compensation scheme tells men falsely accused of rape that their injuries, no matter how great, are not as important as the injuries suffered by rape victims, no matter how slight.
The Compensation Scheme
The United Kingdom’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), funded by the Ministry of Justice, pays victims of “violent crimes” according to an established scheme of tariffs. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (2008) sets forth the standard amounts paid for each category of crime. The Scheme is found here.
A payment will be made if the alleged violent crime was more likely than not to have occurred. (Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (2008) ¶20) There is no necessity to prove the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, which is the standard for conviction in UK criminal courts.
Who is Covered?
While the Compensation Scheme is designed to cover crimes of violence, an exception is made for non-forcible rape and other sexual crimes not involving violence. Payments are made for mental injury, including “temporary mental anxiety,” suffered by non-consenting victims of sexual offenses. (Criminal Injuries Compensation (2008) ¶9.)
Under the compensation scheme, non-consensual penile penetration warrants UK £11,000. (Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (2008) Page 34.) Greater sums are allotted depending on the severity of the injury inflicted. A non-penetrative sexual physical act “over the clothing” warrants UK £1000. (Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (2008) Page 34.) This, presumably, includes a single instance of inappropriate touching.
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ea_1...eBfr8BvuxtX.99
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