Story out of Bingham County, Idaho:
Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland recently told a news reporter that “the majority of rapes — not to say that we don’t have rapes, we do — but the majority of our rapes that are called in, are actually consensual sex.” Sheriff Rowland’s comments raise significant concerns as they infer gender bias in policing by disbelieving girls and women who have reported a rape to law enforcement; are contrary to any national studies on sexual assault false allegations; and may unintentionally deter anyone who is raped in Bingham County from reporting the crime to law enforcement.
Craig Rowland apology on March 18:
I have received many calls today from people all across the United States about the press release that I did on Monday (March 14). After talking to these folks and explaining what I really meant, I believe they have a different perspective. I want to explain what I was trying to say in the interview.
I misspoke when I said the majority of our rape cases are consensual sex. The meaning behind my statement that has been misunderstood is that when a case is called into the dispatch center each and every one is thoroughly investigated. A Deputy is sent to every one of these cases and that Deputy then in turn contacts the on call detective to help with the investigation. In some of these cases through the investigation it may be determined that the sex was consensual, but not always. In these types of cases after the investigation is complete and it was determined that the sex was consensual I don't believe that those kits should be sent to the lab. Cont.
Story from - Idaho Statesmen
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