Here's a story about campus Sexual Assaults where US representative Pat Meehan R-Delaware, convened regional experts on campus safety last month to discuss the issue and come up with policy recommendations on how to narrow the gap between the number of actually assaulted women and the number who choose to report it. Nearly 20 percent of women attending college are sexually assaulted or victims of an attempted assault, yet only between 5 and 12 percent of them report the attacks. "That gap is staggering," he said. "That amount of victims...

Here is a story out of Business Week Magazine about how College Sexual Assaults are (mis) handled. According to the story four women reported that the same student assaulted them. A school administrator asked that they put their story in writing and submit the stories to the administrator. For one reason or another, the written accounts never got filed. One of the students claim that the verbal accounting of the story should have been enough but the students (complainants) were convinced the school did nothing. The perpetrator was allowed to...

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This is a story from the Blackpool Gazette in the United Kingdom about Assaults On Women. The gist of the story is that, on average, a woman will be hit or threatened by a partner 35 times before she reports it to the authorities. "Historically domestic abuse is a hidden crime. What happens within four walls, stays within four walls." The abuse does not have to be physical it can be emotional verbal or psychological abuse to have the same degrading impact. One reason that women put up with it...

Everyone knows about domestic violence as a criminal issue. But this article by Forbes magazine talks about it in a social, business and health context. Read the whole story from Forbes magazine HERE. The article makes the argument that "domestic violence reduces productivity leads to absenteeism and drives up health care costs" costing an estimated $8.3 billion was higher medical expenses and lost productivity. "Nearly a quarter of employed women report that domestic violence has affected their work performance at some point in their lives. Each year, an estimated 8...

Here is an opinion piece about the prevalence of College Sexual Assault on campuses nationwide. It talks about the task force that was recently created by Pres. Obama to attempt to address the issue. The piece makes the point about parents who send their daughters off to college have a lot of things to worry about, but being raped usually isn't one of them. They get overlooked. One in five female students reported being the victim of a sexual assault according to a White House report. That number could be...

Here's a story and video about the latest rage in assaults called Knockout Assaults. The knockout game is spreading across the country like wildfire. It is a situation that uses innocent citizens who are the victims of unprovoked attacks where the goal of the "game" is to knock out the victim in one punch. These attacks are particularly vicious because frequently they happen to senior citizens or women. We always recommend having some nonlethal self-defense product such as a pepper spray or a stun device with you. Pepper sprays have...

Here's a story by the Star-Herald newspaper about preventing Teen Dating Violence which is becoming a much bigger problem every year because television, music, video games and the Internet perpetuate the idea that dating violence is acceptable. "For teenagers starting to date, this misinformation gives them a false view of relationships, making it harder for teens to recognize when they are in an abusive relationship." February has been designated as Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Month, a nationwide effort to raise awareness and draw attention to this growing problem....