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<blockquote data-quote="KenMasters" data-source="post: 891951" data-attributes="member: 517"><p>This is nonsense, really annoying that people buy into this rubbish. It stems from a misunderstanding of Swedish law and the societal norms there. The number of such reports has actually declined since its height in 2010 - prior to the migrant crisis. </p><p></p><p>The reason for the high figures was a change in the law that occurred in 2005 which altered the way in which sexual assault claims were handled, along with a campaign to encourage people to report such incidents. Instead of rape being its own category, all sexual offences are lumped together, prostitution, indecent exposure, unwanted advances, and each incident if between the same perpetrator and victim counts as a separate case, rather than going into the same file. It's this lumped together figure that right wingers have been misrepresenting and comparing to other country's rape statistics, with the aim of striking fear and attracting votes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's also rubbish, the place you're talking about is Malmo, my neighbour - I visit it frequently. There are no "no go zones", what there are are areas, as in any city, where crime is more prevalent and so things like emergency medical services will wait for police escort before attending a victim of a shooting or some such - such violence being perpetrated not by first generation immigrants but Swedish born gang members (rarely is your average citizen affected). You're far safer walking through a so called "no go" zone in Malmo than you are many a street in Cape Town.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KenMasters, post: 891951, member: 517"] This is nonsense, really annoying that people buy into this rubbish. It stems from a misunderstanding of Swedish law and the societal norms there. The number of such reports has actually declined since its height in 2010 - prior to the migrant crisis. The reason for the high figures was a change in the law that occurred in 2005 which altered the way in which sexual assault claims were handled, along with a campaign to encourage people to report such incidents. Instead of rape being its own category, all sexual offences are lumped together, prostitution, indecent exposure, unwanted advances, and each incident if between the same perpetrator and victim counts as a separate case, rather than going into the same file. It's this lumped together figure that right wingers have been misrepresenting and comparing to other country's rape statistics, with the aim of striking fear and attracting votes. That's also rubbish, the place you're talking about is Malmo, my neighbour - I visit it frequently. There are no "no go zones", what there are are areas, as in any city, where crime is more prevalent and so things like emergency medical services will wait for police escort before attending a victim of a shooting or some such - such violence being perpetrated not by first generation immigrants but Swedish born gang members (rarely is your average citizen affected). You're far safer walking through a so called "no go" zone in Malmo than you are many a street in Cape Town. [/QUOTE]
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