[Wamvan] Help with article research for sexual assault rates for Vancouver?

[Joanna Chiu]

Is anyone interested in writing this article or co-authoring it with me? I'm
already behind on a couple of stories, and I won't be able to get this out
in a timely manner on my own.

If you are interested in writing the article youself, I could help with
research, pitching, and getting interviews.

Let me know!

Joanna

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is a story CBC did when the 2009 crime stats were released (in January
> 2010).  They actually reference the spike in sexual assaults in the lead.  I
> found print coverage of this story to be better this way, while TV and radio
> coverage was abysmal (mostly about how "all violent crime was down").
> Unable to find any of the latter at this time.
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/01/20/bc-vancouver-2009-crime-statistics.html
>
> I've also attached the document from the VPD website on 2010 crime stats
> (released earlier this year).  Interestingly, when you look up the press
> release and document for the 2009 crime rates on the VPD website (the report
> that shows a 20% increase), it comes up in illegible internet-coding mumble
> jumble (or at least it is for me on this computer).  Not formulating a
> conspiracy theory about it or anything.... just sayin'.
>
> Here is a link to another release/report they did sexual assaults
> specifically, September 2010:
>
> http://vpdreleases.icontext.com/2010/09/27/sexual-assault-statistics-report/.
> Report in full is also attached.  This report attempts to accurately reflect
> actually occurring rates of sexual assault (rather than just the reported
> ones) - I don't understand how this is impossible.  It also gives a summary
> of very small increases in sexual assault from 2008 to 2010 (it says the
> "bottom line: up 6%/9%"), but if you read the report in full, sexual
> assaults went up 40%, even 50% in some areas of Vancouver (DTES and
> Kits/Fairview respectively).
>
> It would be Interesting to find out how many sexual offences are hidden by
> being lumped into the category of the more "serious" offence (like robbery
> or murder).  From what I understand rapes and sexual assaults often go
> unrecorded when police and the legal system put another crime as priority.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I've heard that the latest crime report shows that rates of sexual assault
>> in Vancouver have increased more than 20% but after Googling, I can't find
>> any articles on the subject. Has anyone seen anything on the rise in sexual
>> assault in Vancouver?
>>
>> Someone has also mentioned to me that the media has downplayed the rise in
>> sexual assault by reporting that "major crimes" have gone down in Vancouver
>> (not counting rape as a major crime). Any examples of particularly bad media
>> coverage?
>>
>> I'm hoping to write a media critique.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Joanna
>>
>>
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