The Norwegian government commissioned a task force to examine the prevalence of sexual assault in Norway and what can be done to remedy the situation. According to the commission, there are about 16,000 rapes or attempted rapes in Norway each year. Out of a population of 4.7 million. Of these, about 1,000 are reported to the police. At least 9 of 10 are left unreported, due to various reasons, including a lack of knowledge among victims that they have been violated. And those who report it, have little reason to be assured - the police closes 80% of cases reported to them without prosecuting anyone. All in all, about 1% of rapists in Norway are ever convicted.
One issue identified by the commission is that immigrants are more likely to commit sexual assaults than ethnic Norwegians. So one proposed measure is to provide all immigrants on a training program on why rape is bad.
Norway doesn't have a juridical definition of "rape" It is all "sexual imposition of the xxx degree". The number of rapes is entirely dependent on where you draw the line for what constitutes a rape.
A reasearch effort a few years back got a very high incidence of rape by defining rape as "any unwanted sign of sexual interest" Including glances and whistles, as well as any attention that the woman "felt" was sexual.
Unsurprisingly, they got a very high incidence of rapes, as will if you count random glances.
Posted by: Per | December 07, 2009 at 09:32 AM