{"id":3589,"date":"2016-04-07T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T13:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/?p=3589"},"modified":"2016-04-07T09:41:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T13:41:02","slug":"sexual-assault-cases-lead-charges-ottawa-hit-7-year-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/2016\/sexual-assault-cases-lead-charges-ottawa-hit-7-year-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual assault cases that lead to charges in Ottawa hit a seven-year low"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent article<\/a> published by Metro Ottawa on April 6, 2016, found that, “between 2008 and 2014, charges were laid in no more than half of the city’s sexual assault cases, according to police data.”<\/p>\n

\"METRO<\/a>

\u00a9METRO Ottawa<\/p><\/div>\n

When interviewed by Metro, Sunny Marriner,\u00a0executive director of the\u00a0Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre<\/a> and one of CFICE\u2019s Violence Against Women hub<\/a> partners, said that these statistics\u00a0reinforce the need for police to\u00a0allow outside experts to review sexual assault files to determine why the charge rate is so low.<\/p>\n

The Ottawa police, however, are confident that sexual assault files are being properly investigated and have claimed that files closed without charges laid are closed for good reason.<\/p>\n

Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A recent article published by Metro Ottawa on April 6, 2016, found that, “between 2008 and 2014, charges were laid in no more than half of the city’s sexual assault cases, according to police data.” When interviewed by Metro, Sunny Marriner,\u00a0executive director of the\u00a0Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre and one of CFICE\u2019s Violence Against Women hub 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