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It has always struck me as a very weird practice for colleges to be adjudicating criminal matters like rape.
by bootlooped 7y ago
It has always struck me as a very weird practice for colleges to be adjudicating criminal matters like rape.
- jnwatson 7y agoPart of the problem is the abdication of most police forces and DAs to prosecute rape, date rape in particular. The university system fills the gap, sometimes poorly.
- cascom 7y agoI’m not sure it’s an abdication - but rather the result of the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard being hard to overcome in a “he said she said” situation.
- exolymph 7y agoI'm sure that's part of it, but police departments have an atrocious record when it comes to investigating sexual assault: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2019/07/nationwide-epidemic-of-untested-rape-kits-atlantic-daily/594046/ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2019/07/nati...