The right rape statistics

Much of what appeared in Heather Mac Donald's Op-Ed — "What campus rape crisis?" -- is damaging and demeaning. Admittedly, it is hard to look at our society and acknowledge that a problem of such magnitude exists. Mac Donald rationalizes her dismissal of the campus rape crisis with accusations of poor science, underutilization of resources and survivors' frequent unwillingness to report cases.

By Patrick Cronin

March 4, 2008