Highlights Fewer than one in five sexual assaults were cleared by arrest per a National Institute of Justice study of six jurisdictions across the country.…
View More Fewer Than One In Five Sexual Assaults Result In ArrestCategory: Crimes Against Women
Violence Against Women Increasing
Crime Against Women Highlights Violence against women is growing. An analysis of 4,484 killings of women in 47 major U.S. cities over the past decade…
View More Violence Against Women IncreasingViolent Offenders Drive Crime and Incarceration
Highlights Violent repeat offenders are driving America’s crime problem. Data from the US Sentencing Commission (below) and other sources suggest that repeat offenders who committed…
View More Violent Offenders Drive Crime and Incarceration#MeToo, Sex Offenders And Probation
Highlights Buzzfeed provides an article stating that a fraction of sex offenders get probation. In my experience, most on sex offender registries got probation. How do…
View More #MeToo, Sex Offenders And Probation#MeToo Collides With Kavanaugh And Justice Reform
Highlights Accountability for offenders committing acts of violence against women is necessary. But criminal responsibility is gender neutral. Legally, what you do for one, you…
View More #MeToo Collides With Kavanaugh And Justice ReformBrett Kavanaugh, Sexual Assault And Unreported Violent Crimes
Highlights Most acts of violence (including rape) are not reported to the police. Not reporting victimization is a shared, common experience among many if not…
View More Brett Kavanaugh, Sexual Assault And Unreported Violent CrimesUS Ranks Third For Women And Sexual Violence
Observation Thomson Reuters-“The only Western nation in the top 10 was the United States, which ranked joint third when respondents were asked where women were most…
View More US Ranks Third For Women And Sexual ViolenceDoes #Metoo Apply To All Violent Victimizations?
Observations If the #metoo movement wants sexual abusers held accountable, why doesn’t the same philosophy apply to all violent crime offenders? Is one violent victim…
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Harvey Weinstein-Why We Refuse To Acknowledge Abused Women Offenders
Observations The history of sexual and physical violence directed to women offenders (especially during childhood) is considerable. Add neglect, and it indicates that most…
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Repeat Victims Represent 50 Percent of Violent Crime
Observations It’s up to us within the criminal justice system to identify repeat victims and those with high rates of victimization to provide counseling, victim…
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