A report presented to a conference in Dallas recently says that the rate of sexual assault is at distressingly high levels in Texas and that nearly 91 percent of these go unreported to police. This is dismal news that should spur action across Texas. More than 400,000...
A new study released by the University of Texas at Austin offers new information on sexual assaults – data reaching across the state. Victims’ advocates met at the San Antonio Police Headquarters early Friday afternoon to talk about these findings and how...
SAN ANTONIO — A new sexual assault study conducted by the University of Texas School of Social Work reveals some eye-opening statistics. Researchers surveyed people of all ages, race and gender across the state and found a total of about 6.3 million Texans have...
AUSTIN — The University of Texas System is spending $1.7 million to study and determine the scope of sexual assaults, dating violence, stalking and sexual harassment at its 13 campuses, including the University of Texas at San Antonio. There will also be focus groups...
Three sexual assault cases recently linked by police through DNA were committed by an offender who exhibits violent tendencies, a local criminologist said. The assaults, which occurred over a 17-month period, involved a girl abducted off a street and two women who...
