In Britain, a nation whose justice system has been used as a model around the globe, government officials and women’s activists agree that rape goes largely unpunished… Even some cases that do end in a guilty verdict stir outrage. Last year, a judge sentenced a 24-year-old man to two years in prison for having sex with a 10-year-old after concluding that the girl had “dressed provocatively.”… [P]ublic opinion polls show that a sizable proportion — a quarter to a third — of Britons say a rape victim is responsible for the attack if she is drunk or wearing “sexy” clothes… In the United States, 13 percent of rape reports end in a conviction. In many developing and Muslim countries, women’s activists say many victims don’t even report gang or stranger rapes because it is so difficult to win convictions.
Fewer than six percent of reported rapes in Britain end in conviction?
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