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"A federal report found that 1 in 5 college women are victims of sexual assault, with only 12% of these incidents reported" (Shapiro, Joseph, Campus Rape Victims: A Struggle for Justice. NPR. NPR, n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2014). An average person may say campus rapes are hidden because of peer pressure, and how their peers might judge them according to about.com, "When speaking up is a problem. Many believe "speaking up about rape, students risk jeopardizing those all-important friendships, which are crucial to college life" (Rape on Campus - Unspoken Peer Pressure Often Keeps Campus Rape Victims Silent. About.com Women's Issues. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2014.). Many believe that telling such a misfortune incident will turn people away and interfere with their social life. In addition, many campus rapes are unreported or hidden because the victims are made to feel it is their fault. Law enforcements makes the victim feel guilty. Many law enforcers blame the victims on how they dress, portray themselves, and alleged sexual activity. This makes the victims stay in the dark about their rape, because of how the law responds. The law isn't in favor of the victim. While I agree with peer pressure is a reason campus rapes are kept in the dark, I'm leaning toward the side of the colleges tweaking the records of the rapes occurring. Instead of beating up the victim of the misfortunate incident that has happen to them, I feel it is more accurate to focus on the colleges and their statistics. Campus rapes are being unreported because many colleges are tweaking the number of rape reports they encounter. Many colleges have been doing this for many years, but Yale University was caught in the action. Yale was found to have omitted "forcible sex offenses in its report of annual crime statistics when crimes occur" (Students: The Chronicle of Higher Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2014). Colleges are the ones to be blamed, they aren't giving the

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