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The wake of the mass shootings like the one last week in newtown, connecticut. as dr. richard friedman of the cornell physicians wrote this week in the "new york times" all the focus on the small number of people with mental illness who are violent serve to make us feel safer by displacing and limiting the threat of violence to a small well-defined group. but the sad and frightening truth is that the vast majority of homicides are carried out by outwardly normal people in the grip of all too ord...

That keeps so many survivors silent about their stories. in the duke lacrosse case, justice for the wrongfully accused players came at the expense of a dialogue that could have prompted meaningful institutional changes to the larger problem of campus sexual assault. and it was a reminder as we consider national policy approach that is respond with the concerns of the survivor that is the reality of sexual assault is much bigger than a single story. joining me now is dave ziron, and author of "br...