Why You Never See a College Rapist’s Name in a Campus Crime Alert

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http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/...college-rapists-name-in-a-campus-crime-alert/

Three recent crimes reported to the George Washington University, and how the university identified their perpetrators to students and staff:

• Crime No. 1. On Feb. 15, former G.W. mailroom worker James Markley was arrested for making a “non-specific threat” to faculty and students over the telephone. A crime alert was issued to the campus community naming the former employee, circulating his photograph and informing students to immediately inform G.W. police if they spot him on campus.

• Crime No. 2. On Feb. 14, a G.W. library worker received more than just a threat; while she was assisting a man inside the library, he “put his hands down her pants and up her shirt.” A crime alert was issued describing the suspect, a 35- to 45-year-old black male “wearing a white sweater”; a few weeks later, a follow-up alert notified the campus that the man had been identified through surveillance tape as a current G.W. graduate student. The university declined to release the suspect’s name to the campus at large; the unnamed student was referred to G.W. Student Judicial Services.

• Crime No. 3. On Jan. 6, an incident of “sex abuse” occurred inside on-campus freshman residence Thurston Hall. It was reported to the university a month and a half after the incident. The case, which remains open, didn’t inspire a crime alert—just a single line in the University Police Department log.

Wondering why crimes like No. 2 and No. 3 don’t inspire a campus response that’s more in line with crime No. 1?

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... because too many sexual assault reports scare away potential female students? I dunno.
 

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The article goes into further detail about the reporting process, if you bothered to scroll down. It's a bit more complex than just the identity of the alleged attacker, if that's what you're implying is the cause.
 

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Follow the money. The efforts used to identify the perpetrators are directly proportional to the amount of money the individual perps bring to the university.

Perp #1 is an unskilled worker. Unskilled workers do not bring revenue in to the university

Perps #2 and #3 are most likely students of GWU. Students are a primary revenue stream for the university.
 

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