Rape group sounds alarm over sex offence statistics
Rape crisis experts expressed concern that the number of unlawful carnal knowledge incidents hadn’t actually dropped; rather, offenders weren’t being prosecuted because of confusion over the law.
The number of unlawful carnal knowledge offences recorded by gardaí fell by 38% in 2006, from 94 to 58 cases, according to the latest crime figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
