On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 01:12:31PM +0530, Nikhil Mehra wrote: > This should liven up the debate a bit: > http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/04/economist-explains-why-iceland-ban-pornography?fb_ref=activity
Don't forget Sweden: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#Sweden Sweden Sweden has the highest incidence of reported rapes in Europe and one of the highest in the world. According to a 2009 study, there were 46 incidents of rape per 100,000 residents. This figure is twice that of the UK which reports 23 cases, and four times that of the other Nordic countries, Germany and France. The figure is up to 20 times the figure for certain countries in southern and eastern Europe.[30] The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention claims that it is not "possible to evaluate and compare the actual levels of violent crimes... between countries", but that in any case the high numbers are explained by a broader legal definition of rape than in other countries, and an effort to register all suspected and repeated rapes. It asserts that comparisons based on victim surveys place Sweden at an average level among European nations.[31] Iceland is #2, with 35 rapes/100 k. The specifics for Scandinavia is that most victims (56% of women 15-21 years) are drunk. This is the highest drunk rape rate in Europe, with Ireland (how unexpected) having 51%. Of course there's the issue of definition of rape and rate of rape reported.
