Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["S. Daniel Carter" <>]

The main problem with relying upon data from either the prosecutor's office
or even the rape crisis center is that many victimizations are never
reported to law enforcement. In the college environment the Fisher study
found that fewer than 5% do.

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S. Daniel Carter
Director of Public Policy
Security On Campus, Inc.
http://www.securityoncampus.org/
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on 6/4/09 4:59 PM, Childers, James at 

 wrote:

> I think Linda has some very good points.  There may be multiple reasons for
> the student to leave school.  Yet, trying to think outside the box; in a
> previous life I had in law enforcement (before research and academia), in a
> medium size university city, the district attorney's office seem to know if
> the victimized student left school because of the attack.  Also, would rape
> crisis centers be aware of these situations?
> Just some thoughts...
> 
> James M. Childers
> Director
> Institute for Forensic Science
> Texas Tech University
> http://www.ttuhsc.edu/centers/ifs/
>  (806) 743-7901