Sunday, September 7, 2008

STUDY: MORE SEX ASSAULTS OCCUR IN US MILITARY THAN REPORTED: ARMY TIMES

Study: More sex assaults occur than reported
Prevention program’s director says new approach is making some progress


By William H. McMichael - Staff writerPosted : Sunday Sep 7, 2008 8:56:01 EDT
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_sexassault_090708w/

The director of the Pentagon’s program to prevent and respond to sexual assault in the ranks is not surprised at a government investigation’s conclusion that far more rapes and other sexual assaults are being committed than reports indicate.

It’s one of the nation’s most underreported crimes, period, said Kaye Whitley, director of the Defense Department’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office.

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