Rape Victim Advocates Get a Role Alongside the Police [nytimes.com]
This is the third in a series on reducing sexual assault. Last month in New York City, five leaders of organizations that seek to combat sexual assault gathered in a conference room in the headquarters of the New York Police Department. For three days, they read through rape case files from the Special Victims Division. Then they discussed what they saw with the division’s top officials. It is unusual, to say the least, for police investigators to let advocacy groups that often criticize...