Has anything changed? Muskoka ‘Unfounded’ sexual assault reports revisited

Published On: June 26, 2023

 

Sexual assault is a crime that rarely goes punished by the criminal justice system. Untangling the reasons for this is complicated.

In 2017, a Globe and Mail report revealed how often police services across Canada did not even investigate a sexual assault complaint because investigators did not believe a crime occurred. The cases were deemed ‘unfounded.’ Six years after the original unfounded report was published, this news organization looked to see if anything has changed. 

Read the full story and analysis here.

 

 

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