“An increasing number of notified rapes in New York”
“the Number of recorded rapes increased by 22 percent in New York city in 2018 and one of the reasons is metoo-the movement, according to the city’s mayor Bill de Blasio.”
“the Total was reported to the police 1 795 rape in New York last year – 328 more than in 2017, according to police statistics. Bill de Blasio believes that the increase is in part due to more dared to notify, in metoo-the movement tracks, writes CNN.”
“Many of the notified abuse must have taken place several years earlier. 401 cases were notified in 2018 should have happened in the past year, the same figure for 2017 was 250. New York-the police believe that their bet on increased communication with the public also affected the figures.”
“– Our information campaign to induce persons who have been victims of sexual abuse to come forward, I believe has contributed to the numbers are increasing, ” says New York city’s police commissioner James O’neill, according to CNN.”
