Rape Reported at North Central High School

Indianapolis, IN
After revelations of a reported rape at North Central High School, school officials said they are cooperating with the police investigation and insist the school system “continually engages in careful supervision” of students.

But on April 9, police said, an 18-year-old boy at the school reportedly forced a 16-year-old girl to perform various sex acts with him. The boy, Danny Roads, 18, who officials said was developmentally disabled, forced the other teen into an empty classroom, where the incident allegedly took place, according to court documents.

A teacher overheard other students talking about the incident and confronted them, then upon hearing the allegations immediately reported what she had learned to school administrators, who then talked with the teen girl, then informed an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer working at the school of the allegations.

Campus Crime Statistics

I received this via email today, took a quick look, and thought I would pass it on.

Crime Informatics

It's from a site called onlinecolleges.net

If correct, there are some interesting statistics at the above link.

Justice Department Study Reveals School Officials More Likely to Learn of Child Victimization

Washington, DC

According to the research, school officials knew about victimization episodes more often (42 percent) than police (13 percent) or medical personnel (2 percent). Police were the most likely to know about kidnapping, neglect and sexual abuse by an adult. School, police and medical authorities knew about a majority of serious victimizations, including incidents of sexual abuse by an adult, gang assaults and kidnappings, but were mostly unaware of other kinds of serious victimizations, such as dating violence, rape and attempted rape.

Ongoing Efforts of U.S. Attorney’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative

Evansville, IN,  Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, held a press conference in Evansville this morning to discuss ongoing efforts to protect Hoosier children from exploitation. Hogsett specifically pointed to the work of the U.S. Attorney’s Project Safe Childhood initiative, which earlier this week resulted in the charging of an Indiana man on sextortion charges.

Indiana Has Alarming High School Rape Rates

The CDC lists the percentage of Hoosier High School girls who have been sexually assaulted at 17.3%. The national average is 10.5%.

Of concern is that many such incidents do not get reported.