Re: Frequent false reports: where's the evidence? (was: Re: Rape Education Story #60

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kate Orman) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...

> OTOH, the SBRCC do use the oft-quoted FBI/2% claim. I've never been 
> able to track this figure back to its origins, though I've seen it in 
> many reputable sources. (It may be a misreading of two separate studies 
> mentioned cheek-by-jowl in "Against Our Will" - she doesn't make the 
> claim, but her online critics seem to think she does.)

A very thorough, and heavily annotated investigation of the origin of
the 2% figure from the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review:
http://llr.lls.edu/volumes/v33-issue3/greer.pdf

A criticism of the 2% figure, with a response from Susan Brownmiller:
http://www.menweb.org/throop/falsereport/refbrownm.html
http://www.menweb.org/throop/falsereport/commentary/brownback.html