Category Archive for : ‘STATISTICS ON SEX ABUSE’

November 12, 2019
Olga Grigoryants, Sarah Favot
Daily News

Criminologist Philip Stinson has spent more than a decade studying bad cops and oversees a national database that often explains exactly how they came to violate their sworn duty.
Often, Stinson says, the power imbalance between a police officer and the civilians they encounter leads some astray.
Police officers regularly come in contact with vulnerable people who are “subject to the power and coercive authority granted to police,” said the criminal justice professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, who is a nationally recognized expert

November 13, 2019
Karen McVeigh
The Guardian

The head of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has vowed to take “aggressive” action against sex abusers, following an internal survey that found multiple allegations of rape and sexual assault at the agency.
“If we have a claim of rape by anyone in the WFP, if we can substantiate, I can’t begin to tell you how aggressive” actions will be, executive director David Beasley told news agency Associated Press.
At least 28 employees said they had experienced rape, attempted rape or sexual assault while working at WFP.
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November 11, 2019
Lindsay Schnell
USA Today

The Catholic Church has been under scrutiny from survivors, victims’ advocates and, in some cases, law enforcement, since early 2002, when the sex abuse crisis that involved church administration covering for thousands of priests first became public knowledge.
In the last two decades, there’s been major church reform, including the 2002 Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, which established guidelines for dealing with allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. Meanwhile, dioceses across the country have released lists of credibly accused priests, many of

November 12, 2019
Olga Grigoryants, Sarah Favot
Daily News

Criminologist Philip Stinson has spent more than a decade studying bad cops and oversees a national database that often explains exactly how they came to violate their sworn duty.
Often, Stinson says, the power imbalance between a police officer and the civilians they encounter leads some astray.
Police officers regularly come in contact with vulnerable people who are “subject to the power and coercive authority granted to police,” said the criminal justice professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, who is a nationally recognized expert

rainn.com

According to a new analysis by RAINN of Justice Department data, only three out of every 100rapists will ever spend even a single day in prison.  The other 97 will walk free, facing noconsequences for the violent felony they have committed.  While the percentage of rapesreported to police has risen in recent years, a majority, 54%, still are not reported.  Basedon older data, RAINN had previously estimated that about 6% of rapists ultimately go to prison fortheir crime.

Newsday/Laura Figueroa 4/22/14 Parents for Megan’s Law, a Suffolk nonprofit that provides support to sexual abuse victims,is teaming up with the county’s animal protection agency to train investigators on the frequentlink between animal cruelty and child and spousal abuse.  A batterer’s first target is oftenan animal living at home, Paula Ryder, senior advocate for Parents for Megan’s Law, told thegroup.  The second target is a spouse or a child.  Ryder cited a 1986 study publishedin the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry that said 62 percent of animal abuse offendershad