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Victims of Sexual Assault in the U.S. Military
Connects to an issue raised in Chapter 1
The problem of sexual assaults committed by servicemen against women who have enlisted in a branch of military service is examined in detail in this latest report from the Pentagon. Here
Victims Of Sexual Assaults
Two controversial issues remain unresolved: there is still a problem with a backlog of untested rape kits; and rape victims (or their health insurance providers) sometimes still have to pay for the expense of having the evidence processed.
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- Victims of Sexual Assaults (crimevictimsupdates.wordpress.com)
- SAFER Act of 2012 Seeks to Eliminate Rape Kit Backlog (jezebel.com)
- Want a Real Reason to Be Outraged? (nytimes.com)
- Bill to End Rape Kit Backlog Introduced in Congress (abcnews.go.com)
- Poe, Cornyn push bipartisan bills to speed up testing of rape kits (chron.com)
- Nicholas D. Kristof: Focus on real rape scandal (omaha.com)
- Woman recants sexual assault claim (ktvb.com)
- CA Police Allegedly Covered Up Serial Rape At Facilities For The Disabled (thinkprogress.org)
- Pentagon: 52 Rapes Per Day Claim ‘Inaccurate’ (politic365.com)
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS
ABOUT THE BACKLOG IN THE TESTING OF RAPE KITS
This op-ed from 2009 condemned the low priority given to the testing of forensic evidence gathered by police departments and prosecutor’s offices. Compare it to the op-ed by the same N.Y. Times columnist in 2012 to see if any progress has taken place. Here.