Last week in Pueblo, Colorado there were three assaults that has the community on edge. Police are downplaying these incidents as normal, saying that it doesn't represent an increase in crime but just that people are reporting the crimes quicker. Read the whole story HERE. It is not a coincidence that all three of these assaults occurred in parking lots. Next to...

more info here The Los Angeles times recently did a story about occidental colleges' deliberate under reporting of sexual assaults on campus. Read the Los Angeles Times article HERE. The tiny Los Angeles College has been the center of a firestorm revolving around sexual assaults on college campuses. In October the college said it failed to disclose two dozen sexual assaults made...

This is a very comprehensive, thoughtful article about whether or not colleges can actually prevent sexual assault. "Drinking puts you at risk of sexual assault... if you are around a rapist. Of course, it's easy to focus on alcohol as a cause of the campus rape epidemic. Doing so is manageable, it's easy to deal with, and it's gives us a concrete...

click image for more info "New Zealand Police look set to buy thousands of canisters of a potent new pepper spray that is more than six times stronger than the one currently used. Sabre Red from America looks just like the old spray on the police tool belt, but is more likely to stop offenders in their tracks. "Our current spray, which...

Here is an article written by a photographer in the Air Force who had the opportunity to view first-hand domestic violence in the Air Force. "There was a trail of thrown objects throughout the home, to include children’s toys and broken glass everywhere. The house was nicely decorated with family photos covering walls and wedding ceremony mementos on shelves and tables. I...

In the 10 years that we have been writing about crime on college campuses-specifically sexual assault-a couple of things stand out that make us wonder whether or not colleges actually harbor rapists. Why do we say that? You often see the statistic, most recently published by the Department of Justice, that one in four college age women will be sexually assaulted her...