DMB
13 Jul 2010, 05:20 PM
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-rape-20100708,0,7070945.story
The Sun investigation into police "unfounding" of rape cases in the city has brought an important issue to the forefront. As a pediatrician, I became aware of this practice two years ago when I received a call from the mother of a 14-year-old patient who wanted to bring her daughter to see me for a pregnancy test. Two weeks earlier, her daughter had been taken to an emergency department after she reported being forced to have intercourse by another teenager.
When the police arrived after being called by physicians, the patient was questioned and told that her case was not rape because she did not fight back enough. The police left after unfounding her case, and she was discharged home without further investigation. Her mother was instructed only to obtain a pregnancy test in two weeks for the girl, who was not pregnant.
See the link for the rest of the story.
The Sun investigation into police "unfounding" of rape cases in the city has brought an important issue to the forefront. As a pediatrician, I became aware of this practice two years ago when I received a call from the mother of a 14-year-old patient who wanted to bring her daughter to see me for a pregnancy test. Two weeks earlier, her daughter had been taken to an emergency department after she reported being forced to have intercourse by another teenager.
When the police arrived after being called by physicians, the patient was questioned and told that her case was not rape because she did not fight back enough. The police left after unfounding her case, and she was discharged home without further investigation. Her mother was instructed only to obtain a pregnancy test in two weeks for the girl, who was not pregnant.
See the link for the rest of the story.