Why You Never See a College Rapist’s Name in a Campus Crime Alert

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Three recent crimes reported to the George Washington University, and how the university identified their perpetrators to students and staff:

• Crime No. 1. On Feb. 15, former G.W. mailroom worker James Markley was arrested for making a “non-specific threat” to faculty and students over the telephone. A crime alert was issued to the campus community naming the former employee, circulating his photograph and informing students to immediately inform G.W. police if they spot him on campus.

• Crime No. 2. On Feb. 14, a G.W. library worker received more than just a threat; while she was assisting a man inside the library, he “put his hands down her pants and up her shirt.” A crime alert was issued describing the suspect, a 35- to 45-year-old black male “wearing a white sweater”; a few weeks later, a follow-up alert notified the campus that the man had been identified through surveillance tape as a current G.W. graduate student. The university declined to release the suspect’s name to the campus at large; the unnamed student was referred to G.W. Student Judicial Services.

• Crime No. 3. On Jan. 6, an incident of “sex abuse” occurred inside on-campus freshman residence Thurston Hall. It was reported to the university a month and a half after the incident. The case, which remains open, didn’t inspire a crime alert—just a single line in the University Police Department log.

Wondering why crimes like No. 2 and No. 3 don’t inspire a campus response that’s more in line with crime No. 1?

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... because too many sexual assault reports scare away potential female students? I dunno.
 
The article goes into further detail about the reporting process, if you bothered to scroll down. It's a bit more complex than just the identity of the alleged attacker, if that's what you're implying is the cause.
 
Follow the money. The efforts used to identify the perpetrators are directly proportional to the amount of money the individual perps bring to the university.

Perp #1 is an unskilled worker. Unskilled workers do not bring revenue in to the university

Perps #2 and #3 are most likely students of GWU. Students are a primary revenue stream for the university.
 
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