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Most sex crimes go unreported – and activists think police funding could be the problem

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Aug 02, 2020
Most sex crimes go unreported – and activists think police funding could be the problem

Amid the national protests about racial injustice and policing, the once-extreme demand to "defund the police" has gained traction. And some experts are encouraged by what that could mean for survivors of sexual assault.

They say reclaimed police funds could be reallocated from a broken justice system to underfunded services that have proven records of helping survivors: family and domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, mental health counseling and anti-sexual violence education programs. "Defunding and abolishing the police offers an opportunity to rethink how we support sexual assault survivors without replicating or exacerbating the damage from our existing system," said Ejeris Dixon, the executive director of a Black-led queer and trans social justice organization. 

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