Women (who it’s a fair assumption are the victims in the majority of cases) feeling less apprehensive about reporting incidents compared to the ridiculous notion of shame associated with reporting in yesteryear
Gardaí taking a harder stance and stronger action on such reports
More youngsters not being reared properly by their parents and taught the importance of bodily integrity and autonomy (arguably a generalisation but would certainly on a pessimistic note correlate to the above)
Honestly, as incredulous as it sounds, the increase in numbers might not be the negative it immediately appears if older figures are understated (i.e. The same level of attacks were happening, just not treated with the same severity). Definitely something worth digging into deeper for sure.
Increased reporting I’d guess.
Sexual assault treatment units were opened around that time (the Galway one was anyway) – that might support reporting in a supportive environment? I’m only guessing here, I’ve not looked into this in depth.
I look forward to reading whatever answer you’re keeping in your back pocket
I think a lot of people hit the nail on the head with feeling more like coming forward because it was taken seriously. But I also think the concept of what sexual assault is has widened for a lot of people. I know so many girls who were raped in college around 2010 and didn’t believe it was rape because they weren’t necessarily violent rapes or they were asleep etc, which of course now we would realize is assault. So I think that was also something that changed the amount of cases
Always was high but not reported. Now u have social media, more coverage, more awareness, so it result in more ppl reporting sexual abuse.
Personally for me rape is no proper behavior…I wish there could be castration for proven rape, like from 3.
Count to three cunt and get ur balls off if lesson not learn.
btw I am male.
I would guess the metoo movement increased people’s willingness to report or maybe just the willingness of people to listen.
People getting more confident reporting such crimes.
Quite obvious really
Mandated reporting came in in 2017 which probably boosted numbers too
Give us two weeks and we will flatten the curve
These stats mean nothing. Too often people try to attribute this to immigration but look at reality:
– How many women (or men) have been assaulted over the years and never had the courage to report ? I would say many, but that culture is changing.
That stat being sky high is actually a win for a few years cause at least people are reporting.
Did you know that crime in cities that Irish people have immigrated to has gone up, including but not limited to sexual assaults?
Probably an increase in victims coming forward rather than an increase in assaults themselves ?
I would say the paddy Jackson case brought light to stuff and people felt more comfortable reporting imo
Me to has given people the courage to come forward
Categories have broadened recently due to new legislation – the first conviction for IBSA (revenge porn) occurred last week.
Because the gardai were caught underreporting them beforehand
Ask Sweden
#metoo, #timesup. We may feel these movements kinda jumped the shark at some point but an over correction is better than no correction at all.
I remember seeing Lady Gaga singing “Til it Happens to You” about her own experience at the Oscars in Feb 2016 (a pop star who I never previously rated cos Poker Face was such an annoying earworm) and being deeply moved not just by her amazing voice, but seeing the very famous audience reaction and thinking this horrible experience seems almost universal.
October 2017 was when the Weinstein story broke. I will always believe Lady Gaga set the tone and had a huge hand in it all for being so brave and should be rightly praised for that performance, the heartbreaking video and for using her global platform so insightfully that it was without a doubt a massive tipping point.
It’s great how this post was set up in the hope it would “subtly” engender panic about immigrants, but it turns out the vast majority of posters see right through it and have far more sensible, evidence based, logical takes.
Defund the police
Better reporting, lower thresholds for what constitutes sexual assaults, and better police support to make a report.
*probably*
But it’s hard to tell.
that’s the thing with stats. you really have to get into the weeds. that takes a lot of time and effort, and you usually find out that any conclusions are far narrower and include a lot more caveats than social media would have you believe
ultimately these are the numbers reported by the gardaí, and there could be many factors:
– actual increase in crime
– more proactive police work (police discovering more unreported crimes)
– more reporting (metoo and other political trends evolving over time lead to more whistleblowers of victims coming forward)
– changes in the law that affect which events fall into the “sexual assault” category (eg is rape a separate category or included within sexual assault)
– corruption (the govt, gardaí, or central statistics office could be deliberately distorting the numbers)
– inaccuracies ( the govt, gardaí, or central statistics office make unintended mistakes. a lay-person lies and a crime that never happened is reported. etc.)
Even though the bill lapsed before passing, the Sexual Offenses Act 2014 was part of a larger political and social movement that ended up changing how reports were handled, including changing perceptions of acts that were sometimes previously ignored.
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Increased reporting.
People werent listened to back then
Could be a multitude of reasons;
Women (who it’s a fair assumption are the victims in the majority of cases) feeling less apprehensive about reporting incidents compared to the ridiculous notion of shame associated with reporting in yesteryear
Gardaí taking a harder stance and stronger action on such reports
More youngsters not being reared properly by their parents and taught the importance of bodily integrity and autonomy (arguably a generalisation but would certainly on a pessimistic note correlate to the above)
Honestly, as incredulous as it sounds, the increase in numbers might not be the negative it immediately appears if older figures are understated (i.e. The same level of attacks were happening, just not treated with the same severity). Definitely something worth digging into deeper for sure.
Increased reporting I’d guess.
Sexual assault treatment units were opened around that time (the Galway one was anyway) – that might support reporting in a supportive environment? I’m only guessing here, I’ve not looked into this in depth.
I look forward to reading whatever answer you’re keeping in your back pocket
I think a lot of people hit the nail on the head with feeling more like coming forward because it was taken seriously. But I also think the concept of what sexual assault is has widened for a lot of people. I know so many girls who were raped in college around 2010 and didn’t believe it was rape because they weren’t necessarily violent rapes or they were asleep etc, which of course now we would realize is assault. So I think that was also something that changed the amount of cases
Always was high but not reported. Now u have social media, more coverage, more awareness, so it result in more ppl reporting sexual abuse.
Personally for me rape is no proper behavior…I wish there could be castration for proven rape, like from 3.
Count to three cunt and get ur balls off if lesson not learn.
btw I am male.
I would guess the metoo movement increased people’s willingness to report or maybe just the willingness of people to listen.
People getting more confident reporting such crimes.
Quite obvious really
Mandated reporting came in in 2017 which probably boosted numbers too
Give us two weeks and we will flatten the curve
These stats mean nothing. Too often people try to attribute this to immigration but look at reality:
– How many women (or men) have been assaulted over the years and never had the courage to report ? I would say many, but that culture is changing.
That stat being sky high is actually a win for a few years cause at least people are reporting.
Did you know that crime in cities that Irish people have immigrated to has gone up, including but not limited to sexual assaults?
Probably an increase in victims coming forward rather than an increase in assaults themselves ?
I would say the paddy Jackson case brought light to stuff and people felt more comfortable reporting imo
Me to has given people the courage to come forward
Categories have broadened recently due to new legislation – the first conviction for IBSA (revenge porn) occurred last week.
Because the gardai were caught underreporting them beforehand
Ask Sweden
#metoo, #timesup. We may feel these movements kinda jumped the shark at some point but an over correction is better than no correction at all.
I remember seeing Lady Gaga singing “Til it Happens to You” about her own experience at the Oscars in Feb 2016 (a pop star who I never previously rated cos Poker Face was such an annoying earworm) and being deeply moved not just by her amazing voice, but seeing the very famous audience reaction and thinking this horrible experience seems almost universal.
October 2017 was when the Weinstein story broke. I will always believe Lady Gaga set the tone and had a huge hand in it all for being so brave and should be rightly praised for that performance, the heartbreaking video and for using her global platform so insightfully that it was without a doubt a massive tipping point.
It’s great how this post was set up in the hope it would “subtly” engender panic about immigrants, but it turns out the vast majority of posters see right through it and have far more sensible, evidence based, logical takes.
Defund the police
Better reporting, lower thresholds for what constitutes sexual assaults, and better police support to make a report.
*probably*
But it’s hard to tell.
that’s the thing with stats. you really have to get into the weeds. that takes a lot of time and effort, and you usually find out that any conclusions are far narrower and include a lot more caveats than social media would have you believe
ultimately these are the numbers reported by the gardaí, and there could be many factors:
– actual increase in crime
– more proactive police work (police discovering more unreported crimes)
– more reporting (metoo and other political trends evolving over time lead to more whistleblowers of victims coming forward)
– changes in the law that affect which events fall into the “sexual assault” category (eg is rape a separate category or included within sexual assault)
– corruption (the govt, gardaí, or central statistics office could be deliberately distorting the numbers)
– inaccuracies ( the govt, gardaí, or central statistics office make unintended mistakes. a lay-person lies and a crime that never happened is reported. etc.)
Even though the bill lapsed before passing, the Sexual Offenses Act 2014 was part of a larger political and social movement that ended up changing how reports were handled, including changing perceptions of acts that were sometimes previously ignored.
What year was the #metoo thing?