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FACTSHEET:
False Allegations of Sexual Assault vs. "Unfounded" Sexual Assaults

Distinctions between false allegations and unfounded allegations are difficult to make because they require knowing the motivation of the complainant. Some police departments will erroneously label a case unfounded when they should make use of other administrative codes. When reporting practices are reformed, the percentage of unfounded cases drops dramatically.

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Newsletter: Authors

Cover of The Torch Daisy Arroyo, CSW
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Melissa de Beer
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Christine Fowley, LCSW
Rape Crisis Program Manager, SVCMC St. Vincent’s Manhattan, Department of Community Medicine [more]

Deborah Fry, MPH
Deborah Fry is the Research Coordinator at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Jennie Greene
Jennie Greene works with the Center for Constitutional Rights. [more]

Meghan Guz, MSW
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Peg Horan, CSW
Peg Horan is Coordinator of Barrier Free Justice, at the Kings County District Attorney's Office. [more]

Faith Huckel
Faith Huckel is the Social Work Student Policy Intern at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Martha Kenton
Martha Kenton is a former Social Work Student Policy Intern at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Harriet Lessel, CSW
Ms. Lessel is Executive Director of The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Rachel Lloyd
Rachel Lloyd is the Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) Executive Director. [more]

Sharon Loconte
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Margaret Loftus
Margaret Loftus is a Juvenile Justice Project Associate [more]

Erin Lee Mock
Ms. Mock is a member of the Street Harassment Project. [more]

Amy Nystrom
Amy Nystrom is the former Training Coordinator at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Tamara Pollak, RN, MPH
Ms. Pollak is the Forensic Healthcare Program Director at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Lisa Stein
Lisa Stein is a Director at Bronx Independent Living Services. [more]

Suzanne Towns, CSW
Ms. Towns is the former Director of the Forensic Healthcare Program at The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Kate Woodrow
Kate Woodrow is the Outreach and Education Associate at The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Voices and Faces:
Karen Pomer and Helen
Karen Pomer and Helen, Best Friends
"If we don't go on living, they might as well have killed us. We need to keep on living our lives."
Read more about Karen and Helen at The Voices and Faces Project »
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