I read somewhere (on the net?..must be true) that when compensation for historic abuse was dropped in Germany, allegations dropped by 90%.

www.insidetime.org/articleview.asp?a=845...;c=false_allegations

"Imagine a scenario which starts with the ringing of the door bell, you answer and there stands a policeman. ‘May I come in?’ He says, seriously, and you allow him to enter with his colleague in tow. That could be the end of your life as you know it. Someone - a relative, an old flame, or even a stranger - has accused you of committing one of the most horrendous of crimes- rape-and says that it happened many years ago"