[illumen]

I think it's much more likely the police are afraid of being accused of racism.

I did some more reading and found this: "The report is based on statistics for those "suspected" of offences for reasons of comparison, but Stina Holmberg of the Council for Crime Prevention said that there was "little difference" in the statistics for those suspected of crimes and those actually convicted. "

It seems those 5.5 times more likely rates were not convictions but being 5.5 times more likely to be suspected and charged, but not convicted. Actual convictions were about the same according to the same report.

There was a police memo circulated stating the reason they were not reporting ethnicity traits in their public reports now is that they were afraid of being accused of racism.

[ZoeZoeBee]

The Stina Holmberg quote you give is in relation to overall crime stats, not rape... http://www.thelocal.se/20051214/2683

It is an issue when the police cannot describe the suspects ethnicity out of fear of being called racist