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A Call To Change
Women around the world age 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, war and malaria (Violence against women). One in five women on U.S. college campuses have experienced sexual assault (Kessler). These statistics should shock one to the core, but does it? This statistic, one in five, is a statistic that students at college campuses have heard over and over. What these students haven’t heard is that they and their college administrators can change this. There is an urgency for sexual assault policies to change on campus in order for students to have a safe educational environment.
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(Sexual Assault) In most states, the legal definition of first- or second-degree sexual assault involves non-consensual sexual …show more content…
This explains why sexual assault is widely considered to be the most underreported violent crime in the United States. Survivors have stated some of the reasons they did not report their sexual assaults. The survivors said they were in fear of reprisal, they did not think their case was important enough to respond to, they had a belief that the police would not do anything to help, they did not want family or others to know, they feared there was a lack of evidence and many more reasons. Due partially to low reporting rates, only 9 percent of all rapists get prosecuted. Only 5 percent of cases lead to a felony conviction. Only 3 percent of rapists will spend a day in prison and the other 97 percent walk free (Reporting Rates). If we implemented a system where survivors could feel comfortable with reporting the crimes that took place we would have a community with less rapists and happier and safer people. INSERT stat about college male perpetrators vs non
A Call To Change
Women around the world age 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, war and malaria (Violence against women). One in five women on U.S. college campuses have experienced sexual assault (Kessler). These statistics should shock one to the core, but does it? This statistic, one in five, is a statistic that students at college campuses have heard over and over. What these students haven’t heard is that they and their college administrators can change this. There is an urgency for sexual assault policies to change on campus in order for students to have a safe educational environment.
Background
Falling under …show more content…
(Sexual Assault) In most states, the legal definition of first- or second-degree sexual assault involves non-consensual sexual …show more content…
This explains why sexual assault is widely considered to be the most underreported violent crime in the United States. Survivors have stated some of the reasons they did not report their sexual assaults. The survivors said they were in fear of reprisal, they did not think their case was important enough to respond to, they had a belief that the police would not do anything to help, they did not want family or others to know, they feared there was a lack of evidence and many more reasons. Due partially to low reporting rates, only 9 percent of all rapists get prosecuted. Only 5 percent of cases lead to a felony conviction. Only 3 percent of rapists will spend a day in prison and the other 97 percent walk free (Reporting Rates). If we implemented a system where survivors could feel comfortable with reporting the crimes that took place we would have a community with less rapists and happier and safer people. INSERT stat about college male perpetrators vs non