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It may be hard for some people to understand, but it is a very real and tragic occurrence that people admit to crimes they didn’t commit. One recent high profile example is the groundskeeper for the Chicago White Sox who spent 23 years in jail for murder. The police...
A new study on sexting published in the April issue of Computers and Human Behavior found that sharing sexually explicit messages, videos or images through electronic means is on the rise among teens. The three researchers at University of New Hampshire and Boston...
When a sexual assault victim goes to the hospital, they have the option of undergoing an exam in which medical staff collect any evidence of the assault. Then, this evidence is placed in a rape kit. These kits help law enforcement apprehend, arrest and prosecute the...
Most people have heard the term “registered sex offender.” A registered sex offender is someone who has been convicted of a sex offense or an offense against a child. After being convicted, the perpetrator's name is included in a database called a sex offender...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights recently concluded a two-year-long investigation into Indiana University’s handling of a 2015 sexual assault case. The office’s investigation concluded that the university did not violate Title IX, the statute...
Doxing, or the practice of posting someone's identifying personal details on the internet, is becoming a popular form of online retribution. In the past year or two, there have been several examples of social media users doxing everyone from white supremacist to...
While the recent debate about sexual harassment has focused mostly on workplace incidents, harassment can also take place online in the form of emails, texts and social media messages. Even though it does not occur in person, online sexual harassment can be just as...
As we discussed in a past blog post, Indiana has approximately 5,000 untested rape kits in its backlog. This staggering figure makes the state’s backlog the 10th largest in the nation. This may change, however, if a newly-authored piece of legislation makes it through...
If you are a college student, you’ve probably been there: You’re outside with your friends, hanging out after having a few drinks. Eventually, nature calls—and there’s no bathroom in sight. Do you risk it and pee outside? Public urination is illegal in every state of...
Over the summer and early fall, the Indiana State Police and the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council conducted an exhaustive inventory of the state's untested rape kits. The inventory was commissioned last spring after lawmakers passed Senate Resolution 55,...
