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Rape as 'one person's word against another's': challenging the conventional wisdom (2018)
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Saunders, C. L. (2018). Rape as 'one person's word against another's': challenging the conventional wisdom. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 22(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/1365712718766478

According to the conventional wisdom, rape is generally a case of ‘one person’s word against another’s’ and, in the absence of independent evidence, judgements regarding the truth or otherwise of an allegation are influenced by ‘rape myths’ and gende... Read More about Rape as 'one person's word against another's': challenging the conventional wisdom.

The truth, the half-truth, and nothing like the truth: reconceptualizing false allegations of rape (2012)
Journal Article
Saunders, C. L. (2012). The truth, the half-truth, and nothing like the truth: reconceptualizing false allegations of rape. British Journal of Criminology, 52(6), https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azs036

There is a longstanding dispute between criminal justice professionals on the one hand and researchers and commentators on the other regarding the prevalence of false allegations of rape. Prevalence, however, is contingent upon definition. If the var... Read More about The truth, the half-truth, and nothing like the truth: reconceptualizing false allegations of rape.