Campus Sex Crimes on the Rise Despite Overall Decrease

This is story about crime reported as a result of the Clery Act on the Danforth campus at the University of Washington. The Act obligates universities to report their crime statistics every fall for the previous calendar year. This year's report shows crime is down except for sexual assaults. You may read the whole story HERE. Assistant Director for Sexual Assault and Community...

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Student Assaulted Then Robbed-How To Defend Yourself

click for more details This is a story about a student at the University of Massachusetts who was assaulted and then robbed in a stairwell at the University. Stairwells and parking garages are frequent sites of assaults because they're relatively dark and remote. But this one happened at 10:45 a.m. Which just shows they can happen anytime, anywhere. You can get the...

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Woman Assaulted In Parking Lot While Texting-Three Tips to Avoid This Type Of Assault

This is a story about a woman who pulled into a parking lot of a vacated gas station to send a text message. While she was texting an unknown man entered her car and robbed her then assaulted her. Police are still looking for the suspect. The woman was unharmed. You can read the whole story HERE. This is another case of...

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Sexual Assaults On Campus-How To Avoid Being A Victim

click for more info The University of Montana in Missoula has reported 80 rape cases in the last three years. Does that sound high to you? Guess what? Officials tell us that it's about par for the course. Rapes on college campuses have become so common they hardly even rates a headline anymore. You can get the rest of the details of...

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Domestic Violence Spike Linked to Drugs/Poverty

click for more info Here's a story out of Australia that shows a dramatic increase in domestic violence. Officials are linking it to drugs and poverty which are in abundance. Domestic violence as you may know is leading cause of injury to women not just in Australia but throughout the world. Whatever the reason for the increase in domestic violence it's not...

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Woman Assaulted Then Robbed-One Way To Protect Yourself

click for more info This is a story about a woman who was robbed and sexually assaulted at 2:10 in the morning in a southeast suburb of Washington, DC. She was walking alone when this happened. Police are still looking for the suspect. You can read the whole story HERE. I'm really not sure why a woman would be walking in a...

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Sexual Assault In Parking Lot-How To Protect Yourself

click for more info Here's a story about a woman who was sexually assaulted in the parking lot at a Safeway grocery store in Sonoma, California recently. The incident happened at 5:28 PM in broad daylight. You can read the rest of the details HERE. She was able to take a picture of the man's car and is license plate number with...

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