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Data Points: False Reporting and Its Impact on Survivors


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


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False Reporting. (2012, March). National Sexual Violence Resource Center. https://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/2012-03/Publications_NSVRC_Overview_False-Reporting.pdf


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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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