Abuse cases test trust at academy (Baltimore Sun)

[GreatAmerican]

<p>Adult misconduct with midshipmen seen as new threat</p>

<p>[Abuse</a> cases test trust at academy – baltimoresun.com](<a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-te.ar.academy10dec10,0,2207793.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout]Abuse”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-te.ar.academy10dec10,0,2207793.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout)</p>

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After years of highly publicized incidents of midshipmen sexually abusing classmates, the Naval Academy appears to have turned a corner with a prevention and education program that has been held up as a model for other universities to emulate.</p>

<p>Studies, including one released Friday by the Defense Department, show that misconduct incidents have dropped at the academy and an insidious macho culture is giving way to more tolerance and self-policing.</p>

<p>But now the academy is reeling from a string of incidents that surfaced during the past year involving sexual misconduct by people in positions of authority - incidents that some fear could reverse the progress and leave midshipmen less willing to report abuse…

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[navy07]

<p>just the sun trying to bash the academy again.</p>

[USNA_Dad_amp_Grad]

<p>Good ol’ Brad…</p>

<p>I actually thought the article tried to give a balanced picture of what’s going on, but the tenor still bugged me a bit. </p>

<p>I didn’t understand the comment from one of the victims’ advocates about “protecting rank structure” at the expense of the victims. Seems to me like there has been some pretty aggressive prosecution of the perpetrators.</p>