Sex assaults: Police accused of adopting 'Life on Mars' attitude/The Guardian, August 16 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/16/rape.alcohol?gusrc=rss&feed=society


"The number of rape allegations recorded as crimes by police has dropped, prompting concerns that detectives are dismissing cases which they fear will fail in court and hit their clear-up rates. A senior adviser to the government has told the Guardian that in some parts of England and Wales cases which did not fall into the classic "stranger rape" category - such as those where the woman was drunk or was attacked by her partner - were being dismissed by officers with a "Life on Mars" attitude mirroring that of the 1970s TV detectives."