Letter to the Editor: Students should be notified of crimes committed
The State Hornet
October 8, 2018
Hello,
I was reading a page on The State Hornet where it discusses campus crime transparency. I just wanted to say that I do agree that students should be notified of crimes committed not just on campus, but any crime that may affect students attending the campus, whether it be in the dorms or on the campus itself. People have the right to know, and at the very least, the dorms should be notified that there is potentially a rapist amongst them. I also feel that a crime log should be available online with easy access through the homepage. The log should include not just one week of crimes, but any and all crimes committed. Sure, it can be pricy to maintain such a program, but I don’t pay tuition to go to an unsafe campus.
Sarabjot Singh
Survivor • Sep 25, 2019 at 9:41 pm
Yes. This, please. I personally have been a victim of sexual abuse, I am not paying to have the university not tell me when one of my immediate neighbors is a rapist. We all know survivors, but there is such a stigma and risk associated with naming rapists. Well, someone is committing these crimes! We need to lead the way by being a university that allows people to know who is dangerous in their immediate vicinity. Rapists who rape on university campus should not be given less punishment than rapists who rape off campus. They need to be put on the sex offender list just like all the others.
Nicole Bedera @NBedera on Twitter publicized some of her dissertation research about the claim that rape allegations “ruin lives” of the accused. It’s a good read, I suggest it to anyone who needs a little education on the matter. Mind you that she did actual field research with rapists, so it’s not to be taken lightly.