Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Changes in Protection Protocal?
Tragedy struck a large university in Virginia in 2012 when a girl named Jackie was sinisterly raped by a group of college men at a fraternity house party. Phi Kappa Psi was the fraternity house in which this travesty occurred. The girl was reported to have been raped for over three hours by seven men and terribly beaten, bloody and emotionally destroyed. The question at hand now is, should college campuses such as The University of Virginia take higher measures to account for and report rape cases to the police? This would entail the university to overthrow its traditional idea that victims should be able to do what they want and only report if they decide to. I was a little bit borderline on these two ideas when first reading this article. First and foremost, I am a strong and unmovable believer in "power to the people" and individual human rights for all. However; I have come to the conclusion that in cases like this, it probably would be in the best interest to report to the police immediately. What caused me to feel this way at its crux is that the potential rapist(s) could attack other women and men if the police is not notified quickly and efficiently. The police need to be notified to also make sure that the same person doesn't fall target to this rapist's crude and absolutely disgusting acts again. It is with no doubt that the victims of rape are terribly shaken and absolutely crushed after what happened to them and I am sure it's hard to even think about what happened, let alone be able to decide full heartedly if they would want to report it and when. I think it should be university protocol to alert the police so others may not fall victim to the rapists brutal acts. However; I believe that privacy is probably a main priority for the victims in their time of turmoil and I believe that the police and only the police should be notified. The victim's information should still not be up for publication but the police should be notified so they can stop the onset of more rapes before they occur.
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I agree with you. In a case like this I think the police should be notified, and they should just keep the information private. Do you think that Universities should report every rape case?
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