Few campus sex assaults reported to police

Peg Langhammer, the executive director of Day One in Rhode Island, center, and Cornell University Police Chief Kathy Zoner, left, listen as Angela Fleischer, assistant director of student support and intervention for confidential advising at Southern Oregon University, right, testifies on Capitol Hill Tuesday before the Senate Crime and Terrorism subcommittee hearing: "Campus Sexual Assault: The Roles and Responsibilities of Law Enforcement." - photo by Associated Press

APTOPIX Campus Sexual Werm — Peg Langhammer, the executive director of Day One in Rhode Island, center, and Cornell University Police Chief Kathy Zoner, left, listen as Angela Fleischer, assistant director of student support and intervention for confidential advising at Southern Oregon University, right, testifies on Capitol Hill Tuesday before the Senate Crime and Terrorism subcommittee hearing: "Campus Sexual Assault: The Roles and Responsibilities of Law Enforcement." - photo by Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Only a fraction of campus sexual assault victims go to police. Senators on Tuesday grappled with the thorny issue of why some just let their college handle it — or don't report it at all. Some sexual assault victims have said they prefer to work within their university system to seek disciplinary action against the perpetrator, such as expulsion, without the stress of pressing criminal charges.

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