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Sexual Assault on Campus: A Frustrating Search for Justice
Roughly one in five college women will become the victim of a rape or an attempted rape before she graduates. The Center for Public Integrity's investigation reveals that the students "responsible" for these sexual assaults on college campuses often face little or no punishment, while the lives of the victims are turned upside down. Rarely are those who are responsible expelled, even those who are repeat offenders.
Tags: rape; sexual assault; victim; attempted rape; Department of Justice; college
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Failure to Report
This investigation "uncovered more than 200 rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults inside Memphis City Schools that were routinely hidden". All these cases were hidden by school employees, parents, and even police in an attempt to keep the crime statistics low. This left the victimized children with nowhere to turn and received zero amounts of help.
Tags: children; kids; schools; education; teachers; campus; school district; learning
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Crossing the Line
The lieutenant of the Lake Oswego Police Department had been forced to leave his job many years earlier after an investigation revealed he had attempted to rape a woman while on duty. Though he had lost his job, he still found his current position with the Lake Oswego Police Department with the help of two of his high up friends. This series takes a look at the charges against him and the actions of the officers and government officials who defended him.
Tags: Lake Oswego; Oregon; police department; Darryl Wrisley; lieutenant; police officer; state department
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Raped in Iraq: The Halliburton Victims
Jamie Leigh Jones and Tracy Barker both "said they were raped or sexually assaulted while working for Halliburton/KBR in Iraq." Parts of Jones' rape kit went missing after it was "turned over to Halliburton/KBR security guards." Meanwhile the "Justice Department declined prosecution even after State Department investigators recommended it, in the case of the "assault and attempted rape" of Barker by a State Department official.
Tags: rape; sexual assault; cover up; State Department; Halliburton; Iraq; women; gang rape
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Christy's Crusade
Ms. reports on mishandling of rape cases on campus and by state police and prosecutors. The article tells the story of a young woman who was attempting to gain her right to sue for damages in federal court.
Tags: crime; law enforcement; justice; Christy Brzonkala; Supreme Court; violence
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Kids Behind Bars
A Press investigation sheds light on the inadequate treatment of juvenile inmates in Michigan. The five-part series reveals the "dire consequences - rapes, assault, attempted suicides - " that children as young as 14 face in "hostile prisons ill-equipped to handle them." The investigation focuses on "Michigan's only private prison, set up for teen-aged boys and young men" and finds that it has "quickly become the most violent prison in the state.." The analysis of the prison's records shows that "in five month, a dozen boys have tried to kill themselves, " but "juveniles were receiving little or no counselling in prison ... even after trying to kill themselves." The reporter draws the conclusion that "the prison was too short-staffed to stop the assaults."
Tags: FOIA; inmates; juveniles; suicide; rape; assaults; security; crime; murder; misconduct
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The Buried Rapes
A follow-up to several stories published by the Philadelphia Inquirer about the tendency of the Philadelphia police department to camouflage certain crimes in an attempt to make the city look a lot safer than it was. Most of the camouflaged crimes included rapes and assaults on women.
Tags: Philadelphia Police Department; Philadelphia Inquirer; Special Victims Unit
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1992 IRE TV Award Winners and Finalists Tape
The 1992 IRE TV Award Winners and Finalists Tape is a compilation of 5 investigative stories. 1.) "Food Lion," Prime Time Live, ABC News researches the Food Lion grocery store chain and finds that employees of the store are put under pressure to meet profit quotas, which caused them to put out spoiled food with new expiration dates. Including Food Lion fighting back and ABC apologizing for confusion. See # 9392. 2.) "To Prove Them Innocent," ABC News 20/20 (New York) reports on three men who were convicted of rape in a small town in Pennsylvania, where the local people fought for three years to gain their release and prove their innocence. An investigation finds that on the night in question the men were 50 miles from where the rape occurred, and could not have committed the crime. See # 9398. 3.) "Abuse For Sale," WCCO, Minneapolis documents the explosion of the home-made pornography industry, made possible by the increase in popularity of home video cameras and VCRs. An investigation finds that home-made child pornography is sold through national distributors and at adult video stores across the country. See # 9068. 4.) "Cops and Robbers," WMAQ, Chicago finds that the Chicago Police Department violates its own rules by hiring people with criminal records. Of those officers with criminal records, the ones with battery convictions are also the officers most criticized for police brutality. See # 9221. 5.) "Carol Mosely Braun," WMAQ, Chicago breaks the case of Carol Mosely Braun and the mishandling of a large sum of money given to her mother. Braun allegedly attempted to hide the money so that her mother's Medicaid care would not be cut. See # 9222.
Tags: TAPE; meat processing; crime; cop; police; Medicare; health care.
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Brown University's Handling of Date-Rade Case Leaves Many Questioning Campus Policies
Brown University, like many other colleges, has enacted a conduct code that punishes students for sexual conduct that would not be illegal in a court of law. The codes have been praised for making women feel safer on campuses. But some say the codes have gone to far, and they point to Adam Lack as a case in point. In unrefuted testimony, Mr. Lack said he had sex with a female student who initiated the sex. Nonetheless, Mr. Lack was punished by Brown, and his reputation was tarnished when the student newspaper named him as the guilty party. This story looks at whether college attempts to regulate sexual conduct deny due process to men, and are based on patronizing assumptions about women. (October 11, 1996)
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The Progressive investigates life behind prison walls for women transferred to male correctional facilities because of overcrowding. Once inside male correctional facilities, guards and other inmates often sexually harass or rape female inmates. Prison officials rarely pay attention to the females' complaints and officials attempt to keep female prisoners from the press. (July 1996)
Tags: Stein Life in Prison Narrative Prisoner protection 2 pgs.