Over the past two years, there has been about a 60% spike in sexual assaults reported in the military, according to numbers coming from the Pentagon that have been reported to the Associated Press (AP). Officials report that there were almost 6,000 victims of reported assaults in 2014, compared with just over 5,500 last year. The Pentagon changed its reporting method, and now each victim counts as one report.<\/p>\n
These reports are preliminary and have yet to be publicly released, so the actual numbers could shift slightly as the reports are finalized. But, under the new reporting methods, there were 3,604 victims in 2012, 5,518 in 2013, and 5,983 in 2014.<\/p>\n
The new reporting method counts every victim as one report, rather than having one report of a sexual assault contain multiple victims.<\/p>\n
However, we should pause for a moment and consider the fact that this has always been a problem. New research and (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the past two years, there has been about a 60% spike in sexual assaults reported in the military, according to numbers coming from the Pentagon that have been reported to the Associated Press (AP). Officials report that there were…<\/span><\/p>\n