Sex Crimes

Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities For Women

The Huffington Post | Hilary Tuttle | Posted 04.27.2012

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In only the first four months of 2012, almost 300 rapes and four serial rapists have been reported in Detroit, and a 2011 survey found 37 percent of w...

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Social Gaming Network May Have Led To Sexual Assaults

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.17.2012

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A social gaming network is the common thread between three recent cases of sexual assault, according to Detroit police. In three separate incidents, w...

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Alleged Rape Victim Held In Custody To Ensure Testimony

Posted 04.06.2012

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A 17-year-old alleged rape victim was taken into custody last week to ensure that she testifies against her suspected sexual abuser. The unnamed te...

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If You Could Predict a Rape, Would You Stop It?

Keli Goff | Posted 06.03.2012

Read More: Pedophilia, Sexual Assault, Rape, Sex Crimes, Crime News

According to the current standards, "Past offenses alone cannot show whether someone is mentally ill or likely to commit new crimes." Only when it comes to molesting children this is patently false.

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Father Accused Of Raping, Prostituting Adopted Children

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

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TROY, Ohio -- An adoptive father in western Ohio has been accused of raping three children and allowing other men to have sex with one of them, allega...

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'Reckless' Leaks Threaten Rape Probe of NYPD Commissioner's Son

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 01.28.2012

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NEW YORK -- Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said Friday he had "no idea" who leaked information to the media suggesting that prosecutor...

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Convicted Castrator To Stand Trial For Child Porn Possession

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Alabama Crime, Cutter, Alabama, Video, Dumb Crime, Sex Crimes, Child Pornography, Edward Lee Bodkin Cutter, Elmore County, Edward Lee Bodkin, Castration, Crime News

A man once convicted of unlicensed castration will soon stand trial on child pornography charges. Last Summer, police in Alabama arrested Edward Le...

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Spike In Air Force Academy Sex Crimes Has No Simple Explanation

AP | By DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 01.23.2012

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DENVER -- Nine years after a sexual assault scandal at the Air Force Academy sent shock waves across the military, the Defense Department last month a...

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Big Spike Seen In Violent Sex Crimes By U.S. Soldiers

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 01.20.2012

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Military leaders vowed this week to curb sexual assaults by and against U.S. soldiers after the release of a new report revealing that violent sex cri...

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Should Sex Crimes Ever Go Unpunished?

Mary Ellen O'Toole, PhD | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Sex Abuse, Bernie Fine Abuse, Bernie Fine Victims, Jerry Sandusky Penn State, Bernie Fine Scandal, Sex Crimes, Bernie Fine Investigation, Crime News

The victim's willingness and ability to report a crime is even more difficult if the alleged abuser is someone important or famous. It's for this reason that many victims do not come forward until years later -- long after a statute of limitations has run out.

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Sheriff Arpaio Showdown: Resignation Demands Grow Amid Child Sex Crimes Debacle

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Child Molestation, Russell Pearce, Rape, Citizens for a Better Arizona, Sex Crimes, Children, Gov Jan Brewer, Sheriff Joe, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa Coutny Phoenix, Sheriff Joe Arpaio Resignation, Politics News

A groundswell of demands for Sheriff Joe Arpaio's resignation continued to spread across local, county and state levels in Arizona today.

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Penn State Pledges $1.5M For Sex-Crimes Groups

AP | GENARO C. ARMAS | Posted 01.31.2012

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State will donate $1.5 million in bowl proceeds to a pair of groups that work with sex-crime victims, a gesture aimed ...

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Military Steps Up Rape Prosecutions Leading To Questionable Cases

McClatchy | Marisa Taylor and Chris Adams | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Rape, Military, Sex Crimes, Military Justice, Military Rape Prosecutions, Military Court, Sexual Assault Prosecutions, Sexual Assault, Rape Prosecutions, Military Sexual Assault, Military Rape, Politics News

By the time Marine Staff Sgt. Jamie Walton went to trial on rape charges, his accuser had changed her story several times....

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Cops Called For Playground Kiss

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.22.2011

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At first, it seems like a cute story about playground crushes and first kisses, only instead of skipping off into the sunset, the cops were called, Fo...

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Lessons Learned From Penn State's Former Coach Joe Paterno

Wendy N. Powell | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Sexual Abuse of Minors, Penn State Football, Graham Spanier, Sex Crimes, Penn State Scandal, Tim Curley, Jerry Sandusky, Wendy Powell, Gary Schultz, Joe Paterno, Joe Paterno Fired, College News

Many say Paterno didn't do anything wrong, but the issue is, he didn't do the right thing.

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Watch: Hockey Mom Accused of Sleeping With Son's Teammates

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 11.20.2011

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The mother of a teenage hockey player in California has been accused of sleeping with her son's teammates. ABC News reports that Katia Marie Davis...

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Woman Allegedly Forced 16-Year-Old Girl To Have Sex With Strangers

Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Ebony Mason, Sex Crimes, Crime, Chicago Crime, Undercover Police Stings, Sex Trafficking, Ebony Mason Charged, Human Trafficking, Chicago News

A Chicago woman was hit with criminal charges Friday after allegedly forcing a 16-year-old girl to have sex with strangers. Ebony Mason, 27, of the...

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Ohio Mom Accused Of Raping 10-Month-Old Son And Videotaping The Sexual Abuse

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 11.09.2011

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A 24-year-old Ohio woman charged with raping her 10-month-old son and sharing the videotaped assault with her boyfriend is being held behind bars toni...

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Undercover Investigation Breaks Open Massive Sex Trafficking Ring

Posted 10.25.2011

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Eight men and one woman were charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor and human trafficking Wednesday following an 18-month undercover inv...

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Does Gender Bias and Victim Blaming Put Both Sexes at Risk for Sexual Assault?

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Gender Bias, Rape, Sexual Assault, Male Rape, Sex Crimes, Male Rape Victims, Crime News

When most people hear the term "rape victim," the image of an adult male is not what typically comes to mind.

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Does Buying Sex Make You a Criminal?

Tom Matlack | Posted 09.24.2011

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This is certainly an important question and one that bears directly on the impact of the accelerating sex trade. But 202 subjects recruited in the local paper by an activist with an ax to grind doesn't seem to be good science.

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Rhode Island Outlaws 'Sexting' For Minors

Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Sexting, Video, Law Enforcement, Sex Crimes, Child Pornography, Child Pornography Laws, Technology News, Smartphones, Rhode Island Sexting, Rhode Island, Technology, Technology News

Forget Drugs, Rhode Island is getting kids to say no to sexting. The state has banned minors from taking and sending personal images and, even thos...

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Michigan Man Allegedly Caught On Tape Having Sex With Thoroughbred Horse

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 09.12.2011

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Police in Michigan have arrested a 62-year-old man who was allegedly caught on surveillance video having sexual intercourse with a horse. It is the se...

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An Inside Look at UN Women's First Year

Elizabeth Dickinson | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Michelle Bachelet, Women's Rights, Hillary Clinton Women's Rights, Liberia, Sex Crimes, Sexual Crimes, Un, Un Women, World News

UN Women is releasing its first annual look at the state of females worldwide. And it focuses on exactly that: peace and justice, a sector that underlies many of the areas in which women lag behind.

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Accuser's Lies Jeopardize DSK Case

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 09.01.2011

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NEW YORK — Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent his first day of freedom from house arrest in a sexual-assault ...

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