Tag: sexual assault

San José State University (SJSU) has agreed to pay $1.6 million in a federal settlement to 13 women student-athletes who alleged they were sexually...

The Institute of Education Sciences, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a branch of the U.S....

It’s been more than 45 years since the landmark United States Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, yet recent legislation in some...

Nurses are often the first and possibly the only professionals — whether medical or legal — that a survivor of sexual violence has contact...

Forty-four years ago, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 became law, mandating the equal treatment of all students, regardless of gender, in...

The University of Texas (UT) System police have partnered with UT researchers to produce a first-of-its-kind science-based blueprint that recommends how campus law enforcement...

Due to inconsistent policies regarding sexual assault on college campuses across the state of California, lawmakers are considering a set of proposals that would...

One in five women is sexually assaulted while in college, often by someone she knows. So says the first report of the White House...