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Coast Guard Academy superintendent make excuses for sexual predators

By Panayiota Bertzikis | Published: March 31, 2013

TweetThe United States Coast Guard Academy reports 10% of all female cadets experienced unwanted sexual contact, a 2% increase from the previous year. More than half of the women that reported sexual abuse had said alcohol and/or drugs were used as a tool to commit these crimes. Unwanted sexual contact includes a range of behaviors, from sexual assault [...]

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Military rape crisis center presses US coast guard to improve sexual assault prevention and Response

By Panayiota Bertzikis | Published: February 27, 2013

TweetOne in three women, as well as many men, in the Coast Guard are going to fall victim of sexual assault and rape. While a lot of focus has been on the Department of Defense to make changes, the United States Coast Guard–which falls under the Department of Homeland Security–has been exempt from having to [...]

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