agrajagthetesty said:
Holy shit, please provide a source for that at once. The literature I've read says that false reports are more in the range of 2-8% (and, indeed, that police bias can be a significant factor in inflating the numbers):
[link]http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/the_voice_vol_3_no_1_2009.pdf[/link]
It's in Dutch. There are other articles on the phenomenon, but this is the only one that mentions numbers. It applies specifically to girls 12-18. When you go to the police to report a crime, they first tell you that pressing false charges is a crime. Half the girls choose not to press charges after the standard speech. Of the charges they do press, 20% ends up either admitting she lied, or the police suspect she lied, but they usually err on the side of caution in favor of the girl.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/1856828/2011/03/08/Veel-aangiften-van-zedenmisdrijven-blijken-vals.dhtml
This article goes into more depth on the motivations but offers no 'hard' figures:
http://www.websitevoordepolitie.nl/archief/minderjarige-meisjes-en-aangiften-van-zedenmisdrijven-1211.html
One of my sisters once pressed false rape charges against a man she barely knew, hoping she'd get bumped up the social housing list and get an appartment quicker. All the women she and her mother mentioned it to supported her. So it's very likely that it happens more often.
In the Netherlands a third of all reported crimes are suspected to be lies.
http://www.sleutelstad.nl/nieuws/archief/2011/04/politie-aantal-valse-aangiften-enorm-probleem
Obviously, getting this information directly, and neatly sorted, from the police is pretty much impossible for a host of reasons.