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Search results for "violence against women" ...
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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
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City Rape Statistics Questioned
The Sun's investigation found that nearly a third of rapes reported in the city were being deemed "untrue or baseless" by detectives. The paper uncovered examples of women being grilled by detectives until they recanted their stories; and in many case reports never made it from street patrol cops to the detectives.
Tags: crime; hidden crime statistics; FBI; police; rape; violence against women; sexual assault
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"No Means No"
This investigation, part of a nationwide collaboration that was led by the Center for Public Integrity, revealed that University of Massachusetts-Amherst officials often failed to take disciplinary action against students accused or found guilty of sexual assault. Reporters found that in a four-year period, "240 sexual assaults" were reported "to campus security," and only "four students were expelled." This report also found that many women who reported the assault often dropped the accusation.
Tags: sexual assault; harassment; New England; Amherst; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; U.S. Department of Justice; database; public records request; Office of Violence against Women
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Air Marshals: Undercover and Under Arrest
The Federal Air Marshal Service presents the image of an elite undercover force charged with making life-and-death decisions that demand sound judgment. ProPublica found that dozens of air marshals have been charged with crimes, including 18 felonies, and hundreds more have been accused of misconduct. Cases include smuggling drugs past airport security, aiding a human trafficking ring, child sex abuse, bribery, drunken driving, domestic violence, holding an escort against her will during an overnight layover, solicitation to commit murder and voyeurism after one air marshal was caught taking photos of women's genitals on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Tags: air marshals; Transportation Safety Agency; human trafficking; child sex abuse; drunken driving; domestic violence; criminal convictions
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Out of bounds: Inside the NBA's culture of rape, violence, & crime
This book exposes the "culture of lawlessness" sweeping through the ranks of the NBA, particularly with respect to crimes against women. The investigation found that 40 percent of NBA players have a police record involving a serious crime. The author had to overcome two chilling effects upon his reporting: law enforcement and court officials who were reluctant to release public records on account of fear of litigation or other repercussions from the players and their attorneys, and witnesses and individuals familiar with the players and their crimes who were afraid to sit through interviews.
Tags: BOOK; NBA; National Basketball Association; professional athletes; crime; rape; sexual assault; FOIA; Freedom of Information Act; sunshine laws
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Casualties of Peace
A nearly-two year long investigation by the Dayton Daily News discovered widespread violence, including murders, against volunteers in the Peace Corps. "They have died at the rate of about one every two months since 1962," and "reported incidents of assault on volunteers more than doubled since 1991," with women the prime targets of such attacks. This seven-part series -- based on interviews with more than 500 people in nearly a dozen countries and a crime incident database obtained from the Peace Corps after a lengthy court battle -- reveals a disturbing pattern of unsafe conditions that were long masked or even covered up by the Peace Corps. In ten death cases examined by the Daily News, the paper found the "Peace Corps misled families, the public or other volunteers about the circumstances of the deaths." The Corps' policies resulted in sending ill-trained volunteers "alone to some of the most dangerous corners of the world where they may be unsupervised for months on end." These volunteers, frequently young people fresh out of school, receive little to no training about what they will encounter and how to stay safe. The newspaper's investigation also found the behavior of Peace Corps volunteers themselves often puts them at risk. "Alcohol was identified as a factor in nearly one in three assaults since 1999," and "in more than half of the reported rapes since 1990, the attacker was identified as a 'friend/acquaintance.'"
Tags: peace corps; peace; volunteer; volunteering; college; school; goodwill; oversees; foreign; international; government; service; CAR; database; legal; lawsuit; FOIA
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Betrayal in the Ranks
These stories covered by The Denver Post are about women being sexually assaulted in the US military. The reporters uncover details of acts of violence against women and report that very often the women were denied justice by the military. The stories are a compilation of a series of narration by the victims and how they have dealt with the problem that very often leads to post traumatic stress disorder years after the incident.
Tags: Sexual assault; US Military and women; rape in the military; post traumatic stress disorder; FOIA
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What's left after 'Morrison'
The Journal analyzes the Supreme Court's tendency to "federalism jurisprudence." In particular, the story sheds light on the court's decision to strike down a provision of the Violence Against Women Act, which most states have endorsed. The struck down provision, known as Morrison, was "stemming from a suit by Christy Brzonkala against two Virginia Tech football players whom she accused of raping her."
Tags: commerce clause powers; Congress; federal government; state governments; Constitution
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Are life insurers biased or just careful?
Life insurers are beginning to be sued for discriminating against ethnic Americans and women by requiring applicants speak English or denying coverage to victims of domestic violence. Are these just careful business decisions or an example of bias?
Tags: insurance; discrimination
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Flesh and Blood
Rae Carruth, a first-round draft pick for the Carolina Panthers, is convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend. During the trial, several women testified both for and against Carruth who habitually threatened women whom he impregnated, including the mother of his child, and another young woman who had an abortion at Carruth's pressuring.
Tags: murder; NFL; athletes; violence; women; prison; insecurity