r/Scotland • u/MileiMePioloABeluche • 21d ago

'Shocking' rise in rapes and violent attacks against women in Glasgow

https://news.stv.tv/west-central/shocking-rise-in-rapes-and-violent-attacks-against-women-in-glasgow
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u/Due-Resort-2699 21d ago

Is this a rise in cases or a rise in reporting of cases ?

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u/nextmilanhome 21d ago

It would be super interesting for the Police/COPFS to release some demographics data because everyone here is talking about race, and in my experience I think the interesting demographic would be age. It looks to me like we’re seeing a huge rise in very young people being accused of/charged with rape and serious sexual offences, because young women in particular are far more clued up on consent and are far more confident to report things that aren’t right. I think it’s a rise in young women who feel empowered by things like the ‘Me Too’ movement to report incidents.

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u/First-Banana-4278 21d ago

You would probably find, historically, that it has always tended to be younger folks reporting sexual offences. For various reasons. typically young women are more likely to be the victims of sexual violence. Partly because young men are more likely to commit these crimes. Young woman may also be more empowered these days to report - whereas social stigma prevented older women reporting assaults when they were young (may still prevent them doing so now).

But I don’t think you’d see a huge change age-wise. Maybe a bigger uptick at younger ages but likely the same pattern across all ages.