Here's a newspaper article about a police officer named Cynthia Flores who is speaking to college freshmen about resources available to them to keep them safe on campus. She pointed out that "Sexual assaults are a particular problem for college women. Flores said that one in four women will be sexually assaulted during their college years and that in about 90 percent of the incidents, alcohol was a contributing factor. Also, most the time, the victim knows her attacker." You can read the rest of the story HERE. She also...
Here's an article from the National Domestic Violence Hotline on 10 things you may not know about sexual assault. Some of them may surprise you. They surprised me!! You can read the whole story HERE. Here's something else you may not know about sexual assault. Almost all of them can be prevented by using some kind of self defense product. Mace Pepper Gel is a good one to use because it small and very effective and like all Mace brand products are bench tested before packaging. Pepper gel holds up...
The University of Montana has had an unusual number of sexual assaults involving university students. So the Justice Department has decided to do their own investigation. You can read the whole story HERE. The story goes on to say "The Justice Department investigation will look not just at whether the university has adequately addressed the problem of sexual assault, but how local police and the county attorney responded as well. There have been at least 11 reported sexual assaults involving university students in an 18-month period..." If you have a...