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Should People who make fake Rape Accusations go to jail? Close you eyes and imagine your life, pretty normal right. Now imagine someone is claiming you rape them but you know this is not true, how do you feel? Pretty shitty right. If you have not guessed this report id on fake rape claims and if the accuser should go to jail. In this Report I will discuss why people make these claims, if there are any punishments put in place and what are the impacts on false rape claims.This topic is important…

Rates of sexual assault on college campuses today remain high, and are thus viewed as one of the many consequences and social problems resulting from our country’s prominent and particularly controversial issues of sexism and gender inequality. In the 1997 National Institute of Justice study referenced by Armstrong (2006), it was estimated that between one-fifth and one-quarter of women are victims of completed or attempted rape while in college (Fisher, Cullen and Turner 2000). Additionally,…

Statistics show that every one hundred seven seconds an American is sexually assaulted. Consequently, 68% of those cases are never reported to the police (“Statistics”). Sexual assault (rape) is an even larger problem at college campuses throughout the United States. Many college women (and some men) are taken advantage of when they’re intoxicated and/or on drugs. After this crime is committed, women are made to feel ashamed of themselves. They fall victim to derogatory terms and become…

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…

and Prevention of Campus Sexual Assault As high school students begin to research which college is best for them, they search for colleges based on distance, price, and size, but they almost never search for campus safety and on-campus crime statistics. Most universities have an annual crime report that is accessible to the public, yet many people who are researching colleges do not look at these. According to these reports there is a growing rate in sexual assaults and rape on campus. Many…

by John R. Lott, Jr. showing the crime rates from 1977 to 1992. In this span of time, Lott shows how in ten states that passed right-to-carry laws, murder, rape, and aggravated assault went down on average of seven percent. While in the rest of the country without right-to-carry, murders went up 24%, rapes 71%, and a assaults doubled (Ratnesar). The reasoning behind this evidence is that criminals have a harder time choosing victims that could potentially be carrying firepower. These statistics…

Sexual assault is continuing to be a problem on college campuses across the United States. One in five women will be sexually assaulted on a college campus each year, however only 5% of the instances will be reported (The Realities of Sexual Abuse 2009). Many students who commit a sexual assault crime are allowed to stay on campuses, in the same general area as their victim with very minimal punishments placed upon them (Kingkade 2014). Sexual assault causes extreme physical and mental harm to…

Police Perceptions Research by Venama (2014) noted low levels of reporting including the examination of law enforcement perspectives on sexual assault and how those perceptions may influence decision making warrant more exploration. Sleath and Bull (2017) who conducted a systematic review over 24 published articles regarding police perceptions of rape victims and the impact on case decision making found that some police officers hold problematic attitudes about rape victims, although this is…

Lanza in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14 2012. At some point before Adam went to Sandy Hook Elementary School, investigators believed that he killed his mother, Nancy Lanza. Before living the house Adam stole three guns (A semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle, Pistols and a Sig Sauer) and then proceeded into the elementary school, according to law enforcement officials he was wearing black fatigues and a military vest. Earlier that year the principal of the school, Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung,…

pe cases, it has a harder time dealing with acquaintance rapes even though they make up the vast majority of cases (Samaha, 2013). The Bureau of Justice Statistics (2011) victim survey on rape and other sexual assaults found that 75 percent of rape victims knew their assailant ( ). According to Samaha (2013), contributory factors include: • Victims aren’t likely to report acquaintance rapists, or they don’t recognize them as rapes. • When victims do not report them, the police are…