cases of rape hardly survive the investigation stage and when they do, they are mostly thrown out .WHY?

Answer 1

I would say that out of all the rapes that do occur less than 50% are repoted to the police. Out of that les than 50% you need to have the physical evidence of a rape. Some victims will clean up after the assault which destories any evidence bringing the case to a he said/she said type of thing. If there is evidence then you have a prsoecutor that has to decide if the rape is provable. Once they decide this they take it to court where the defense lawyer makes fair game of the victims past and if there is anything questionable about that past they will play this up with the jury to show that the victim was not raped only trying to get back at his poor,poor client. Rape is a tough one all ducks must in in a row. They ahve released many men that were convicted of rape and now with DNA evidence/proof this shows that they could not have been the person that committed the crime. So the police move very slowly and methodically on these cases and the justice system takes it time to insure the wrong person is not being punished. Maybe this answer does not help the victims of rape but it is about as blunt as I can be.

Answer 2

Rape cases are very difficult to prove because it usually is one person's word against another. Also, unless it was a violent attack, the evidence found usually is indicative that sex occurred and alone cannot prove the intent to rape. Plus due to the traumatic nature of the attack, the victim's memory is usually the key to identifying and locating the attacker, and the body's natural response to traumatic experiences is to sometimes block violent memories which can hurt the investigation. If the case survives the investigation stage, then it goes against the usual bias that people have about rape.

Answer 3

Some of those rape cases aren't really rape. It is more like sour grapes, the girl getting revenge on the guy. Another reason why many rape cases never go to trial is that the judicial system sometimes try to turn the victim into the criminal by implying she was asking for it.

Answer 4

A lot of the time it is one person's word against the other. As the prosecution have to prove a case beyond reasonable doubt, there is frequnetly not enough evidence to proceed. This is especially true of rape cases where the vicitm knows the assailant, and these cases make up the majority of rapes

Answer 5

One part is for the victum to have to look at the person how did this to them. Having to relive it all over again is something that most people dont want to do. It takes a very very strong woman/man to stand up and do this. Sometimes it easy to just let it go, let the anger burn down and burry it deep inside and forget it.

Answer 6

Lack of evidence. Even if there is evidence that the rape occurred, there's often no way to refute a claim that it was consensual sex.

Answer 7

Because Prosecutors are elected officials who make sure that they get a high conviction rate and wont take any case unless they are absolutely sure they can win it.