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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...