Sexual assault and the military
By: Noah Berlatsky, book editor
Series: At issue. Social issues; At issue
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9780737776515; 9780737771879; 9780737771886
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: United States; Women; Violence against; Rape; Soldiers; Armed Forces; Crimes against; Military offenses
Description: Provides a wide range of opinions on a specific social issue. Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Is sexual assault really an "epidemic"? / Rosa Brooks; title: 2. Gen Helms and the senator's "hold" / James Taranto; title: 3. Sexual assault is a long-term problem in the military / Zoe Carpenter; title: 4. Reports show sexual assault in the military is skyrocketing / Robert C. Koehler; title: 5. Naval Academy says increase in sex assault reports shows progress / Matthew Hay Brown; title: 6. Porn consumption contributes to sexual assault in the military / Peter J. Smyczek and Kenneth Artz; title: 7. Not porn but wars have triggered the rise in military sexual assault / Ana Marie Cox; title: 8. Sexual harassment in the military : what female cadets have to say / Anna Mulrine; title: 9. Men are often the victims of sexual assault in the military / Leonora LaPeter Anton; title: 10. Ending DADT has contributed to sexual assault in the military / Bob Unruh; title: 11. DADT enforced silence and enabled sexual assault / Derek J. Burks; title: 12. Sexual harassment and assault more likely for women who saw combat / Wyatt Olson; title: 13. Ending the ban on women in combat may reduce sexual assault / Carey L. Biron; title: 14. Sexual assault cases should be removed from the chain of command / Lindsay Rosenthal and Lawrence Korb; title: 15. Sexual assault cases should be handled by the chain of command / Charles "Cully" Stimson.