The month of April is the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s (NSVRC) National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The NSVRC is the U.S.’s main source of information for the prevention of sexual violence and resources for sexual assault victims. It is largely funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

While it was first observed nationally in 2001, April “officially” became National Sexual Assault Awareness Month when President Obama proclaimed it to be so, earlier this month.

The focus of this year’s SAAM campaign is the prevention of sexual assault on college campuses. Many school administrators have recently been under fire for not taking strong enough preventative and/or punitive measures for what is a prevalent problem on their campuses. (more…)

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Studies show that one out of every five female college students will be raped by a fellow student. When such crimes occur, colleges and universities are notoriously relaxed in their treatment of the sexual predators who use campuses as a place to prey upon women in vulnerable situations.

The majority of men who perpetrate these crimes are not expelled from school, even when they are found to be guilty by campus officials. A major reason for this is that many school officials assume that the students who commit these acts are good people whose judgment is impaired by alcohol. Experts argue that most of these people are actually serial predators. Only 10 to 25 percent of these students are expelled from school

According to the Center for Public Integrity, between 1998 and 2008, out of 24 complaints responded to, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ruled against only five universities for failing to properly discipline male sexual offenders. (more…)

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Kansas City Kansas Community College has gone the extra mile in assuring the safety of its students, faculty, staff and members of the community with the installation of a new state-of-the-art $1.7 million security and fire alarm system.

Financing of the project was made possible by an 8-year, interest free loan from the State of Kansas. Read News Story Here

“We’re excited about it,” said Chief of Campus Police Greg Schneider. “It’s the latest technology in helping us fight crime and provide for the safety of the community. With such instances of campus violence that have occurred at Columbine, Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois and other schools, campus security has emerged as one of the top concerns, especially for students and parents when selecting colleges and this helps us meet those concerns.”

With a staff of 13 full-time and 20 part-time officers, KCKCC has long had a record for very few major crimes such as homicide, rape, robbery and assault. However, Schneider says that is not enough. (more…)

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