SteadyBender

Yeah is this “I make a good living in my parents basement” or “I can afford a small apartment and a couple of annual vacations” or like “I just easily put a 30% down payment on a large house”

Just finished watching the documentary and have a few questions as a criminal investigator (I have no history/possibility of sex crime cases in current agency).

• Most crimes require prosecutors to prove means, motive, and opportunity for any crime. The Alabama statute that Emma was charged for doesn't require any proof of fraudulent intent. Is this normal for false reporting statutes across the country? Did you consider including this flaw in the criminal codes as a contributing factor for the problem in the documentary? Prosecutors would struggle to convince a jury that these women stood anything to gain by filing false police reports, particularly against unknown subjects.

• The Netflix documentary Unbelievable depicted the story of Marie Adler and the Washington/Colorado serial rape cases. I was hoping to see some reference to it but understand you had to make hard choices with the time you had. Was there a reason you didn't include a reference to it in your documentary? It's the most appalling instance of police investigating victims that I'm aware of.

• What was a case you wanted to discuss most on the documentary but couldn't, for whatever reason?

• Did Det. Hershman have any recommendations for changing police culture from within? I would be lying if I hadn't heard dismissive and sexist language from police regarding sexual assault victims and it's hard to know how to approach that situation in a productive way.

Redditors tend to read the worst intentions in people’s comments, sorry man. I got that you were genuinely asking and not being snarky, but I can see how some didn’t. Sorry for the downvote train.

This is the real money-making answer.

The Sense of Structure is $80 on Amazon. Do you have any other recommendations that may not break the bank?