May 21, 2015 2 college students charged in sexual attack on crowded Fla. beach Two college students have been charged with sexually attacking a woman on a crowded Florida beach with bystanders who apparently did nothing.
May 21, 2015 NY's court ruling on where sex offenders can live sparks discussion of law's effectiveness A court ruling in New York last week about where sex offenders may live has rekindled a debate over whether such laws really work to protect children.
May 21, 2015 NYC public school teacher facing child pornography charges A New York City public school teacher was arrested Friday on child pornography charges.
May 7, 2015 The staggering cost of silence: child abuse victims and stolen innocence The CDC estimates that 1 in 4 girls and1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.
May 7, 2015 'Modern day slavery': America must fight epidemic of human trafficking here at home For too many Americans, the issue of human trafficking is far removed from their daily lives—something that only happens in foreign countries or Hollywood movies. Tragically, this issue is far closer to home than many of us realize. The federal government reports that as many as 17,500 people are trafficked into our country annually
May 7, 2015 Human trafficking: US must do more to help victims, fight scourge Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on combating forced labor and modern-day slavery. On June 20, the State Department released its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, documenting the progress of countries around the world in combatting human trafficking. The enormous scope of the report underscores the reality that human trafficking happens in every nation in the world, including right here in the United States.
May 7, 2015 Campus sexual assaults: My guidelines for parents with kids of college age College freshmen are completing their first month on campus. According to the website The Other Freshman 15, "The first 15 weeks of college can be the riskiest for sexual assault. ... One out of five students experience rape or sexual assault while they are in college, and in the great majority of cases (75-80 percent), the victim knows the attacker."
January 13, 2015 Elias Acevedo, Cleveland sex offender, pleads guilty to hundreds of charges A convicted sex offender has pleaded guilty to hundreds of charges in Cleveland, including the murders of two women more than 15 years ago.
January 13, 2015 Dallas police name serial rape suspect Police in Dallas have issued an arrest warrant for a man suspected in a series of sex assaults in that city dating back to June.
January 13, 2015 California woman guilty of severing estranged husband's penis A Southern California jury has convicted a woman who was accused of drugging her estranged husband before severing his penis and tossing it in the garbage disposal.
