Award of Excellence
Mary Frances Calvert
ZUMA Press
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"The Battle Within: Examining Rape in America’s Military"
US Military is being forced to examine why rape and sexual assault are so prevalent within the ranks, its victims ignored and the abuse considered simply a breach of conduct and not a criminal offense
Military lawyers from the US Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard testify during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill to discuss sexual assaults in the US Armed Forces.SummaryWomen who join the US Armed Forces are being raped and sexually assaulted by their colleagues in record numbers. An estimated 26,000 rapes and sexual assaults took place in the armed forces last year; only one in seven victims reported their attacks, and just one in ten of those cases went to trial.Now at Senate and House hearings on Capitol Hill, the US Military is being forced to examine why are rape and sexual assault are so prevalent within the ranks, its victims ignored and the abuse considered simply a breach of conduct and not a criminal offense.
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