But she also said that 113 incidents were reported to her office. The "good" news is that FSU did-unlike 90% of American colleges and universities-report sexual assault in 2014 nine incidents, according to Melissa Ashton who was in charge of the program at the time. The former head of the victim advocacy program provided some numbers. Days after Thrasher chastised The Hunting Ground, th e university was forced to release transcripts (by a judge and requested by NYT) of depositions in Erica Kinsman's lawsuit. According to administrators, the new process- spurred by a complaint about the handling of a student's accusations and the punishment levied against the assailant and an OCR investigation-has made it easier for victims to report and move through the hearing process.ĭown in Tallahassee, Florida Florida State administrators, lead by President John Thrasher, continue to defend themselves against allegations of mishandling sexual assault complaints and are working very hard to keep their secrets secret-with limited success. The number of reported assaults has increased. This seems to be playing o ut at Brown University, which recently revised its sexual assault policies.
Mean the assault investigation system is operating effectively." In fact, a higher number of reported assaults can "a school that reports no or few sexual assaults isn’t necessarily a safe It is more likely an indication that a school does not have the correct policies, procedures and training in place. Regardless, reports of zero sexual assaults should not fool anyone. There is missing data, as the Washington Post reports, because some schools missed the October 1 deadline to report their numbers about crimes on campus and there might be a delay in data entry at the Department of Education. So even with problematic studies, even with underreporting, there is no way that nine out of ten schools received no reports of sexual assault in 2014. Earlier this year a nother study's results were released showing that one out of four college women surveyed reported being assaulted.
I find that number both incredulous and sadly not at all surprising. Here is what happened afterwards:Ī report came out from the American Association of University Women that 91% of colleges and universities reported no sexual assaults in 2014. Amid criticisms of the film and the television station, with threats of lawsuits, CNN aired The Hunting Ground the weekend before American Thanksgiving.