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If women aren't submitting rape kits, how come so many forensic labs have huge backlogs of untested kits?
Huh, the US seems to have a backlog which is what I assume you’re referring to, Im not familiar with the specifics so can’t comment on the cause.
Older data in this example but it’s similar enough to more recent data Ive seen elsewhere, and has a better sample size.
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system
Only 31% of rapes are reported and of those 77% are eligible for rape kits.
That’s remarkably similar to the 25% of cases where the rapist is successfully convicted according to the claims above.