The Assault

Aggravated Assault The FBI UCR website defines aggravated assault as “an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury” (FBI: July 2013). It goes on to describe it as any type of assault accompanied by use of a weapon (FBI: July 2013). Aggravated assault has decreased since 1993 from a rate of 440.5/100,000 people to a rate of 242.3/100,000 people in 2012 (FBI: Crime in US 2012). The Bureau of Justice Statistics defines assault as “an

The amount of sexual assaults on women in the U.S. military rests unbearably great. In a 2006 study, it showed that female veterans financed by the Department of Veterans Affairs estimated that about 23-33 percent of women have been assaulted, compared to the 17 percent of women in the general population. As well as this study a recent Pentagon report had showed that in the academic year of 2010-2011 there we 65 reported assaults that involved female cadets and midshipmen. Since many victims are

Victims of rape and sexual are assault are at risk of contracting a sexual transmitted disease. It’s hard to ascertain as to whether the victim of the assault was infected prior to the assault or during. In any case, victims of rape and sexual assault are at risk for more than 20 known sexually transmitted diseases. The number of occurrences ranges from 5%-30% depending on the sample (Murphy, Munday, & Jeffries, 1990).The risk of contracting HIV from a sexual assault is relatively low with estimated

University of Iowa’s efforts with respect to sexual assault on campus. The first person I interviewed was a twenty-one year old woman from England named Gina. Michaela, an eighteen year old female from a small-town Southern Baptist high school, was the second female I interviewed. The only man I interviewed was Matt, a 19 year old male from a mid-sized town. I began by asking each of my interviewees what messages they had heard about sexual assault on the University of Iowa campus and where they had

sexual manner to non-consensual sexual intercourse is classified as sexual assault in Canada. Male survivors of sexual assault frequently face unsympathetic attitudes after choosing to report the criminal offence. Unfortunately, despite the similar chances of sexual assault amongst both males and females during their teenage years, with 20% for males and 25% for females, there are fewer researches conducted on male sexual assault in Canada (Statistics Canada 2015). A large proportion (16%) of male victims

Sexual Assault on Campus “Among undergraduate students, 23.1% of females and 5.4% of males experience rape or sexual assault” (RAINN). Rape is a threat virtually anywhere people go, but no place has a higher risk for sexual assault than college campuses. However, many of these occurrences go without penalties against the attacker, and even more are not reported at all. The lack of consequences for the accused indirectly suggests that rape and other forms of sexual assault are allowable and create

Introduction of Subject The military has made progress in reducing sexual assault and connecting victims to services. Sexual assault runs against the grain of military standards of service and value, yet it continues to happen. Repercussions for reporting these assaults are creating challenges for our service members, and hindering the progress of their mental and physical care. Continued and expanded efforts are needed to help support survivors and work to prevent sexual violence from occurring

How Should Sexual Assaults On-Campus Be Handled? When congress passed the gender-equality law known as Title IX (1972) more than 40 years ago, no one expected it to make colleges responsible for handling sexual assault. Title IX was a “stealth law” aimed at helping women get through the doors of higher education and is now being interpreted to require colleges to investigate and resolve students reports of rape, determining whether their classmates are responsible for assault and, if so, what

women will experience some form of sexual assault during the time

the United States, by far the most common is sexual assault. While this crime is usually associated with women being the victims, men can also be assaulted. Sexual assault is different from other crimes, in that the victims often feel like it is their fault that the crime happened. The majority of these victims are attending college, and are on campus when the crime takes place. A multitude of colleges in the past have been pushing sexual assault cases under the rug. Recently, new laws and efforts