Due-Process Group Takes on ‘Victim-Centered’ Rape Investigations
The backlash against campus rape culture is growing.
The College Fix reports.
Due-process group launches campaign against ‘victim-centered’ rape investigations
Even as critics of college sexual-assault investigations say that law enforcement should be more involved in the process, police themselves are adopting some of the more questionable recommendations of anti-rape activists, particularly that accusers should face little scrutiny and officers should limit their collection of evidence to stymie the accused.
Countering that approach is one goal of a new campaign by the Center for Prosecutor Integrity, a nonprofit group that fights “over-criminalization” of sex-related activities.
Launched in the wake of a report that says the conviction of black men for alleged sex crimes is “the new war on drugs,” the center’s Wrongful Convictions of Sexual Assault Program is a three-pronged attack on trends in campus, police and even military rape investigations:
The first effort is seeking to curb the expansion of “victim-centered investigations,” in which criminal investigators are instructed to cede “control of the process back to the victim” and are told that the complainant has a “right to request certain investigative steps not be conducted.”
The second is directed to Campus Sexual Assault, where due process protections are often lacking for students accused of sexual assault.
Due-process group launches campaign against ‘victim-centered’ rape investigations (The College Fix)