This week I decided to talk about Rape, this is most definitely a huge crime in the world today. I watched a story on the news about a 2 year old who was raped. Her mother Amanda said her 2 year old daughter was raped by Jeremy Curry, She went through his phone and saw a video on his phone of him raping her daughter. Curry is pleading not guilty for reason of insanity. I think this story is a good example of this being a huge issue because she has complete evidence so therefore there should be no getting out of this. Rape is a very serious matter and it is quietly happening around the world. According to the article I read “Of the violent crimes reported on college campuses, 1,425 (53.2 percent) were aggravated assaults, 772 (28.8 percent) were robberies, 485 (18.1 percent) were forcible rapes, and four (0.2 percent) were murder or non-negligent manslaughter. In 2006, an estimated 673,000 (11.5 percent) of nearly six million women attending American colleges were raped, In 2010, 91.9 percent of rape or sexual assault victims were female. In fiscal year 2009, victim compensation programs paid $32 million for forensic sexual assault exams. These are just a few of the statistics that I found on the internet, there is so many different stories of girls being raped and so many statistics available online. I think it is interesting how many rapes happen on college campus’. I also found it interesting how much money the government spent to fund sexual assault exams. I think its great they are giving money to fund that. I do not think there is a surplus of things that we can do about rape though. I think its best to be aware of your surroundings and try to be aware of what you are doing when you are in an unfamiliar or sketchy place. Its also best to never be alone walking or out.
http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw2012/pdf/StatisticalOverviews.pdf
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