One of Lost in Showbiz's favourite battle cries is: "What about the men?", which often pops up when, say, crimes that have overwhelmingly female victims and male perpetrators are reported as such, and men's rights activists get upset about this (#meninists #notallmen).
The HMCTS refused the Guardian access to reports regarding the incidents and said it was not known whether any of the perpetrators' actions were reported to the police or how many cases went on to criminal proceedings.
The perpetrators of the massacre were reported by at least one witness to have claimed to be acting for al-Qaida in Yemen, an apparent reference to a group that normally calls itself al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, but no link was confirmed, leaving open the possibility that it may have been a "lone wolf" attack.
88percentt of perpetrators of sexual violence were reported to be members of the military or militia; however, the violence is moving inside the home, with 18% of our female respondents reporting being physically abused primarily within their household.
Neighbors or community members were reported as perpetrators of 3.5% and 2.8% of rapes in Montserrado and Nimba respectively.
Furthermore in the adolescent group perpetrators related to the victim were reported almost eight times more frequently than in the adult group.
Armed actors (armed groups, Zaraguina, or government forces) were reported as perpetrators in approximately half of all incidents of killing, intentional injury, sexual abuse, rape, abduction, and forced recruitment among 5-17 year olds (55.8%) and persons 18 years or older (52.0%).
Husbands and boyfriends were reported as the perpetrators of the vast majority of reported violence.
Husbands and boyfriends were reported as the perpetrators of the vast majority of reported violence, but incidents were approximately fifty times more likely to be reported to police if perpetrated by strangers rather than intimate partners.
