Sexual Assault Cases

policy, and demographics. As a part of demographics, race was only mentioned ones or twice. Vague Descriptions Specifics with victim All of the articles for different type of schools used very vague language when describing the victim of the sexual assault. Ivy League schools talk generally about the victims in media articles published about

where profit supersedes the duty to serve the public. Despite this shift, it will be argued in this essay that the watchdog role of the media is still very much relevant, using the Stanford Sexual Assault case as the basis of the argument. The outcome and effects of the media in

Sexual assaults are one of the most terrible aggressions with some terrible consequences. Everyone agrees on the fact that suffer rape is serious and traumatic, and it represents an infringement of rights, dignity and physical and mental integrity of victims. Being rape is considered as willingness to sexist domination denial of otherness that reaches in his strictest privacy the person raped. Based on Salmona (2013) psychologically rape is a narcissistic injury resulting break-in, an identity attack

The involvement of women in sexual assault prevention and risk reduction has become controversial. Two paradigms have appeared in regards to women’s involvement in the prevention of sexual assault, the first being that women’s involvement in prevention is empowering and effective. The second tests the ideas that the risk reducing actions performed by women are really effective. The debate is gaining importance in college settings, for the risk of sexual assault is highest in women between 18 and

who commit a sexual offence while 90% are women who are the victims to above-mentioned assault (Brennan & Taylor-Butts, 2008: 10). Moreover, most of the sexual assaults go unreported, but the ones that do get reported, less than half of them get a conviction. If only 10 % of sexual assaults are reported, from that 10%, only 1 in 4 get convicted for their crimes (Butt, 2013). A study done in Winnipeg in the mid-1970s showed that more than 70% of charges were filtered out of the criminal justice system

“it’s a matter of public record that the second most common type of insurance claim against fraternity industry is for sexual assault” (Dick). There is even an fraternity called SAE and “is known at a lot of places as ‘Sexual Assault Expected’” (Dick). At these fraternities the probability of sexual assault is very

to extend grace and compassion to those in need. In case you haven't heard, Baylor University announced leadership changes after a thorough investigation regarding sexual assault cases involving some of their football players. For the entire city of Waco, the Baylor community, along with the victims and their families, my heart breaks for you. As a male college student, it hurts

On 07/16/15 at approximately 0438 hours, Kirkland Officers were dispatched to an Assault near Anthony’s Homeport in the 100 block of Lake Street South, Kirkland Washington. Dispatch related the female victim, KMW, DOB 08/25/74, called 911 and reported that a Hispanic male approximately 18 years of age had kicked her in the head. Officer DeAguiar arrived on scene and informed radio that the victim had been sexually assaulted by an unknown male that fled on foot. K9 Officer Hopkins responded to

authorized by the client. Sexual assault is both a common and a very serious crime which is investigated by the police

victims of sexual assault and domestic violence has taught me. As an advocate, my role is not to determine whether a patient’s story is plausible or to determine how a patient should legally deal with their assault. My role is to advocate for their decisions and to offer support and resources. But undeniably, as a survivor of childhood sexual assault, I often have my own opinions about how cases should be handled. Although rarely triggered, there was one case that challenged my viewpoint on sexual assault