Thursday, June 27, 2013

Unrelenting Sexual Assault: USA!

Right in the nation's capital:

Walters, Joanna. "Washington DC police 'need better training to help sex assault victims; 'Report recommends that DC police be subject to an independent body to ensure they investigate sexual assault crimes properly." The Guardian. June 27, 2013. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/27/washington-police-sex-assault-victims-report

Following on the heels of:

Transforming the military’s entrenched culture of sexual violence will require new approaches and a much stronger effort than what the Pentagon has done so far.

That is the depressing truth of a Defense Department study released on Tuesday estimating that about 26,000 people in the military were sexually assaulted in the 2012 fiscal year, up from about 19,000 in the same period a year before.

Those who thought that the crisis could not get any worse have been proved wrong.

"The Military’s Sexual Assault Crisis." N.Y. Times. May 7, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/opinion/the-pentagons-sexual-assault-crisis.html

How bad do things need to get before they can get better?

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