themom
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University of Virginia reports 47 cases of rape, sexual assault or forcible fondling on or near the university during 2013:
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2014/10/upd-crime-statistics
No information is provided concerning arrests or prosecutions. Amazingly enough, such information isn't required by the Federal program that collects these statistics!
There's a widespread perception that universities aren't terribly eager to prosecute on-campus sexual assaults. Whether this is accurate or not, the perception certainly exists, and it amounts to an open invitation to sexual predators. Recently, it seems, JM has been looking at the end of his ability to drive lawfully... and if he really was a serial offender, he would presumably see a need to develop a new MO that didn't require a car. if the allegations about him are true, one has to wonder whether there is a sinister side to his taking a job at the University hospital... I don't mean taking advantage of helpless patients, which would be pretty tough to do given the fairly widespread surveillance which I presume exists within the hospital. But, were an offender to work the swing shift, he'd get off work at just the right time to take advantage of lost, inebriated women wandering around the university grounds... which are notoriously confusing to newcomers. I haven't seen any information about which shift he worked, but one has to wonder whether he was involved in any of the reported offenses. I'm glad he's behind bars, but so long as the perception of lax enforcement exists, sexual predators will be attracted to university campuses. We must do better.
I'm a Charlottesville resident, BTW. If anyone has questions regarding local geography, etc., I'll be happy to try to answer them.
Not discrediting anything in your post, I think it's fantastic. However, it would be a complete disservice to college women everywhere not to note and recognize that the majority of campus rapes are done by college-enrolled male students. THIS is an even bigger problem than the occasional random "Chester the Molester" type of scenario being laid out here. College aged men are raping their fellow students, and are not being disciplined for it. We see it in this VERY case where JM was accused of rape at TWO colleges, WHILE IN ATTENDANCE, and nothing legal was done about it. He was merely kicked out and sent on his way to the next campus full of innocent women. Colleges need to be much stricter about rape. It must be de-stigmatized for the woman to report it, she must be believed and treated with respect every step of the way, and the rapist must be convicted as an adult. This is a way to stop these rapists IN THEIR TRACKS so they don't escalate later in life, as well as make college campuses safer for our daughters. This has to be addressed.