Annual service academies report finds coronavirus pandemic resulted in a drop in sexual assault reports
By CAITLIN M. KENNEY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 25, 2021 WASHINGTON — The three military service academies had less reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the 2019-2020 school year after students transitioned to online classes at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Pentagon report released Thursday. However, the number of sexual assault reports matched the same quarterly trend as the previous academic year before cadets and midshipmen were sent home in mid-March, said Nathan Galbreath, the deputy director of the Pentagon’s Sexual Assault Prevent...
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