Archive for ‘Sexual Assault’

5 results.
Feb08

How safe do you feel in the community?

by jenniferbowman on February 8th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
Posted In: Sexual Assault

How safe do you feel in your community? One in every three women are sexually assaulted in their lifetime. In one year, reports of sexual assault to Belleville police tripled. The Quinte sexual assault centre hired more staff to reduce their record waiting list. I’m doing an assignment on sexual assault and need your input. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: ,
 Comment 
Dec15

Long wait list causes added anguish for victims

by jenniferbowman on December 15th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Posted In: Sexual Assault
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Sexual Assault

The long wait list for the sexual assault centre has caused some victims added anguish to an already traumatic experience. The wait list affected the centre’s workers as well. Jennifer Bowman reports the Sexual Assault Centre for Quinte and District responded to this summer’s record-breaking wait list numbers by hiring two more staff.

└ Tags:
 Comment 
Dec14

Analysis: Sexual assault stats send mixed message

by jenniferbowman on December 14th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Posted In: Sexual Assault
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Sexual Assault

It looks like the Quinte region is an increasingly dangerous place for women to live. Sexual assaults have tripled in Belleville since last year, according to Belleville police statistics. The local sexual assault centre has hired more staff to help reduce the longest waiting list it’s ever had. But the statistics might just be another […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags:
 Comment 
Nov07

More people reporting sexual assault in Belleville

by jenniferbowman on November 7th, 2011 at 12:06 am
Posted In: Sexual Assault
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Sexual Assault

By Jennifer Bowman Reported sexual offences in Belleville are almost three times higher this year than last year according to police statistics released on Thursday, September 15. Police Chief Cory McMullan said at the Police Board Meeting Thursday evening that police are monitoring sexual assaults, but the statistics don’t necessarily mean crime is on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: , ,
 Comment 
Oct26

Sexual assaults hitting record levels in Belleville, says executive director

by jenniferbowman on October 26th, 2011 at 1:30 am
Posted In: Sexual Assault
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Sexual Assault

By Jennifer Bowman Sexual assaults are at crisis levels, according to a Belleville sexual assault centre. Kim Charlebois, the executive director of the Sexual Assault Centre for Quinte and District, said sexual assaults have increased over the past two years. Between April 2010 and March 2011, 32 people were admitted to the hospital after being […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: ,
 Comment