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Can Online Reporting System Help Prevent Sexual Assaults On Campus?
jyosim writes Studies have shown that as many as 90 percent of campus rapes are committed by repeat offenders. A new system is designed to help identify serial assaulters, by letting students anonymously report incidents in order to look for patterns. But some argue that having the ability to report someone with just the click of a button may not be a good thing. Andrew T. Miltenberg, a New York lawyer who represents young men accused of sexual misconduct, says though the system seems well intended, he is concerned about dangers it may pose to students who are accused. 'We're all guilty of pressing send on an angry text or email that, had we had to put it into an actual letter and proofread, we probably wouldn't have sent,' he says.
Those anonymous "details" are accusations. A system like this will be used to intentionally harm people.
Some things need to be said...
My uncle was a Family Court judge for many years. He used to joke that he got so used to hearing allegations of child molestation and abuse in divorce and child custody cases that he was surprised when at least one parent DIDN'T accuse the other of molesting or abusing their kid.
If he and other judges like him had accepted it as dogma that 99.99% of such accusations were true, then there wouldn't be enough people walking around free today to run all the prisons for everyone locked up.