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stevenleser

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10. Colleges should be forced to report every violent crime to real police. Every assault, sexual or

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 05:10 PM

Dec 2012

otherwise should have to be reported to the non-campus police. That should be a federal law, and any administrators violating it should face both obstruction of justice charges and be charged as an accessory after the fact for any non-reported crime.

That will jumpstart us on the way to stopping at least the increased instances of sexual assault at colleges vs the general population.

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College Rape Survivor Told Not to Report Her Rapist, Drops Out While Alleged Rapist Graduates With H [View all] polly7 Oct 2012 OP

Wow. nt Deep13 Oct 2012 #1

I know this sounds weird. Neoma Oct 2012 #2

I've met a few really good, really caring psychiatrists FloridaJudy Oct 2012 #4

Dear GOD! get the red out Oct 2012 #3

I have never understood the school disciplinary thing LadyHawkAZ Oct 2012 #5

In principal it's about keeping a prank from becoming a lasting legal record One_Life_To_Give Oct 2012 #6

For citations and minor misdemeanors, I could maybe see that LadyHawkAZ Oct 2012 #7

Wow Lugia Dec 2012 #8

It's a long article but every word is important. yardwork Dec 2012 #9

Colleges should be forced to report every violent crime to real police. Every assault, sexual or stevenleser Dec 2012 #10

I thought they were obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #11

I think they sweep a LOT of them, particularly sexual assaults, under the rug with suggestions that stevenleser Dec 2012 #12