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Nov 2024
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Data Points: False Reporting and Its Imp...

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*Content Warning: sexual assault, rape, false reporting and mental illness.


Sources:

Brittain, A. (2024, October 1). Me Too Movement. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Me-Too-movement


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Falsely Reporting an Incident, Saland Law 

https://www.new-york-lawyers.org/falsely-reporting-an-incident.html 


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Woman Who Falsely Accused Brian Banks of Rape Ordered to Pay $2.6M. (2013, January 15). KTLA 4. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/woman-falsely-accused-brian-banks-rape-ordered-to-pay-26m/1971672/ 


Resources:

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

https://www.nami.org/ 


National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

https://www.nsvrc.org/ 


Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).

https://rainn.org/?_ga=2.262784078.390982495.1727710159-2006450411.1727373347 


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