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Search results for "rape on campus" ...

  • Campus Sexual Assaults: Few Tough Sanctions Imposed

    Using data from the Department of Justice, the story examined how perpetrators of sexual assault on college campuses were punished if found guilty. The authors found that the majority of schools were not issuing tough sanctions against these perpetrators.

    Tags: sexual assault; rape; campus; college; Department of Justice on Violence Against Women

    By Maggie Mulvihill; Joe Bergantino; Sarah Favot; Jamie Lutz

    New England Center for Investigative Reporting

    2010

  • Sexual Assault on Campus: A Frustrating Search for Justice

    As part of a collaborative effort with the Investigative News Network, the Center for Public Integrity finds that students responsible for sexual assault on college campuses often receive no punishment, yet their victims' lives are turned upside down. Even when the perpetrator is a repeat offender, college judicial systems rarely expel the student.

    Tags: sexual assault; rape; victim; perpetrator; sex crime; rapist; rape victim; rape on campus; rape in college

    By Gordon Witkin; David Donald; Kirsten Lombardi; Kristin Jones; David Donald; Laura Dattaro; Claritza Jimenez

    Center for Public Integrity

    2010

  • 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

    By Gordon Witkin; David Donald; Kirsten Lombardi; Kristin Jones; Laura Dattaro; Claritza Jimenez

    Center for Public Integrity

    2010

  • Insecurity on Campus

    As reported by two teams of journalism students at Southern Methodist University and Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas, many colleges were failing to inform students about violent crimes-such as rape-in and around their campuses. Also, many campuses were misinterpreting or ignoring the Clery Act, which requires disclosure of campus-related crimes. Many rapes were ignored or were logged as simple 'assaults'. As a result, U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the story's findings.

    Tags: campus crimes; date rape; sexual abuse; sex; college; Clery Act; Texas universities; U.S. Department of Education

    By Megan Connolly;Christine Dao;Farrar Johnson;Pablo Lastra;Jennifer McDowell;Jessica Savage;Shalandys Anderson;Rebecca Ekpe;Jaclyn Gonzales10;Christina Jancic;Elizabeth Lee;Lindsay Marshall;Brooke Scoggins;Hannah Seddelmeyer;Taylor Timmins;Melissa Christensen

    None

    2004

  • 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

    By Patrick Tracey;Donna Ferrato

    MS. Magazine

    2000

  • Date with Disaster

    Tobin examines the stories behind a sexual assault case that "divided the Ohio University campus; forced a hard light onto issues like college drinking, sex, and date rape; raised difficult questions about gender politics on campuses; and could cost taxpayers millions of dollars."

    Tags: rape; date rape; college; binge drinking

    By Mike Tobin

    Cleveland Scene

    1999

  • 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)

    Tags: Gose Brown university's handling of date-rape case leaves many questioning campus policies Contest entry 7 pgs.

    By Gose

    Chronicle of Higher Education (Washington, D.C.)

    1996

  • No title (id: 10811)

    This three part series on sexual assault examined that university's refusal to release public infromation on the attack, looked at the punishments handed down by the school's Judicail Board, and reviewed how other campuses are handling date rape.

    Tags: Seper; Moch

    By None

    Daily Eastern News (Eastern Illinois University, Charleston)

    1994

  • No title (id: 10573)

    The Daily Eastern News, a student paper at Eastern Illinois University, examines the issue of date rape on campus, finding that the authorities are reluctant to make police reports public. The three-part series also examines the kind of punishment meted out to students charged with rape, Sept. 1994.

    Tags: IL Seper FOIA Campus Rape 6 pages

    By None

    Daily Eastern News (Eastern Illinois University, Charleston)

    1994

  • No title (id: 7963)

    Village Voice (New York) examines the changing attitudes toward sexual relations on college and university campuses; reports on the rise in reported cases of date rape, sexual harassment and assault, April 9, 1991.

    Tags: NY Drooler Dartmouth

    By None

    Village Voice (New York)

    1991