NationMaster - Discussion - Crime

Quarup Barreirinhas 29th June 2009	Does this data show victims of rape regardless of when the rape occurred (i.e. not necessarily recently, as the title may suggest)? These numbers seem pretty high, especially when compared to rapes per capita by country: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita Why does the US rate high in rapes per capita and lower in rape victims? Does it mean the same rape victims are being raped multiple times more than in other countries? Is the discrepancy a result of different sources?
Sylvia Valdez Sabado (Sweden) 17th October 2007	I am a Filipino living in Sweden.I am currently studying the Swedish language,and as part of the subject, we discuss and do some reporting of news,events, etc.I used to work in the Philippines in a non-government organization.Inasmuch as I wanted to inform the Swedish people about gender sensitivity and the like,i usually tackle the issues on rape.We are survivors, our family I mean.My brother's daughter was raped and murdered at a tender age of 10.Her only mistake was walk along alone a busy street coming from a church choir practice.July 16,2001, the exact date and violent incident happened in Tayug, Pangasinan, Philippines.The culprit is very much free.I am afraid there will be more victims.His family isn't cooperating and will not surrender this bull.God bless them.
Byron Prior (Newfoundland, Canada) 24th July 2007	No help for Victims of Rape & Abuse in Canada. WE HAVE A LEGAL SYSTEM WITH NO JUSTICE, AND A CHILD RAPIST IN CONTROL WHEN T. ALEX HICKMAN WAS ELECTED JUSTICE MINISTER IN SEPTEMBER 1966, IT STARTED A LEGAL SYSTEM WITHOUT JUSTICE, WHICH REMAINS IN PLACE TO THIS DAY. Politicians names and faces change in Ottawa, Ont. and St. John's, Nl. but the Corruption continues to rule our country. I spent from April to October, 7 months, in Ottawa, on Parliament Hill, with permits, handing out 12,000 information sheets, and 7000 more in Newfoundland, about what happened to my family, and a sheet with each, on a Book about my family, PLAYING WITH THE DEVIL, by Martha Jetta, of Paranormal Books, and still no-one has resolved this INJUSTICE. A simple DNA test would see Justice served. The system protects itself, not the public. Page # 1 handout If T. Alex Hickman, the Justice Minister and then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, from 1966 to 2000, rapes and impregnates your 12 year old child, how do you get justice in this Province when the reports go back to the criminal who did the crime? I've reported this cime and other incest and abuse in my family, for more than 40 years, to all authorities and RCMP who ignored us as children, but they admit they still have 3 of my reports but won't release them. Many other reports of abuse were made by 3 sisters and one brother. We are left in Canada without even basic human rights or protection under Canadain Laws. No lawyer will represent us and the last lawyer I acked told me, if any lawyer, in this province, tried to represent you, it would be the last job they ever do as a lawyer in this province. The Legal System has done nothing to help, it's been completely controlled here by T. Alex Hickman, for 34 years and he still, in retirement, has control. Please ask our Prime Minister, Mr. Stephen Harper, at pm@pm.gc.ca and ask our Premier, Mr. Danny Williams, at premier@gov.nl.ca to give our family justice. Visit our information website at http://maxpages.com/sexualabuse for seven more pages about abuse of our family, letters from family members and police statements, and no justice to this day. Mr. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, you said during the election you would put families as a priority on your Government Agenda, please help mine, in your letters to me you said you would. Visit our website and sign our guest book with your support. Page # 2 handout These are the people on the committee who approved my right to protest on Parliament Hill with my signs and handouts with all this content for 7 months: 1. Mr. K. Macleod (Ceremonial & Protocol) Tel #994-3647 2. Mr. Raymond M. Lambe )PCO) Tel #957-5363 3. Mr. Serge Gourgiue (Senate) Tel #943-0183 4. Ms. Audrey O'Brien (House of Commons) Tel #992-2637 5. Mr. Charles Maier (Public Works) Tel #990-6769 6. Mr. Roger Brown, Chief Supt. (RCMP) Tel #993-8839 7. Mr. Marc Graveline (National Capital Commission) Tel #239-5510 Newfoundland & Labrador MHA's who came to see me and took my handout: 1. Mr. Tom Marshall - Justice Minister 2. Mr. John Ottenheimer - Inter-Government Affairs 3. Mr. Jack Harris - NPD Leader 4. MHA - Tom Oaborne came by but didn't speak or take a handout 5. NL Liberal Senator Bill Rompkey tried several times to have the RCMP remove me and my signs from Parliament Hill 6. NL. Liberal Senator George Baker and his wife, he said he would speak with me the following day, the following day never came. 7. Conservative M.P. Mr. Norman Doyle did his job and I thank him. My member came out to see me and delivered my full information package to the Justice Minister, Mr. Vic Towes, himself in person and came to see how I was doing several times. Thank you Mr. Norman Doyle for your concern and your help. Byron Prior Tele# 709-834-9822 66 Readers Hill Cres. Conception Bay South, NL. A1W 5B4 alltrue@nl.rogers.com http://maxpages.com/sexualabuse http://justicehickman.com
Andrew (Minnesota) 22nd January 2007	Why Austria is so high: Austria has a comparitavely high rate of reported rape due in a large part to the number of women raped by Russian soldiers during their short period of occupation, as well as rape survivors who were expelled from formerly german minority/majority areas further to the east. Germany never officialy recorded these crimes, mainly because they occured in the eastern occupied areas, which became the DDR (east Germany). As they weree a puppet government they covered this up. Austria is the only country which allowed women to officially report these crimes. Similiar rapes also occured on a large scale in all areas occupied by the Russian army. Estonia, Poland, Lithuania however these were also puppet governments of the Soviet Union. When stalin was asked by his biographer to comment on all of these rapes he called them "a trifle."
Crista 21st February 2006	I personally have been raped, so I am not surprised. I do want to say that it's hard to go to the authorities, especially if you have been through the process. What can we do there's not that much support out there but when you do find it, it helps, yes. So may all that have been raped I pray that you will have the strenghth to tell. Be strong
Alex 15th February 2006	It's interesting that an otherwise fairly peaceful, non-violent country (where gender equality is generally quite good too) currently is #1 for rape victims. I wonder if this is a true reflection of the situation or if it's due to a higher proportion of rapes being reported. Japan, where I live now, is supposedly has one of the lowest rates in the world for rape victims, but it's something that people don't talk about or report here. Anecdotal evidence and newspaper surveys suggest the problem is much bigger than the statistics suggest for Japan. I wonder what the situation is for other countries? (actual rape is always going to be much higher than reported rape in some societies)
Meli 17th August 2005	Oh my God as a Kiwi I never knew we had such a high rape rate.... Although in a lot of countries its never reported so it wouldn't really be but that's terrible!

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