The confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has brought the topic of child pornography to the forefront of...

Stalking laws were initially enacted in the early 90’s. Prior to that, celebrities and movie stars could be followed, called repeatedly,...

Again and again and again I see signs of judicial ignorance and bias adversely affecting the outcome of sexual assault cases resulting in...

“It Will Never Happen To Me or Someone I Care About” – The Mantra of Bystanders -Steve Thompson Over two weeks ago a young person was...

Serial sex predators. How often do we hear about someone who was assaulted by a person who has a history of sex crimes? The answer is…....

News stories identifying and exposing universities’ poor response to students’ disclosures of sexual harassment victimization gets major...

Bystander Behavior

I will never stand down when I see someone being stalked, bullied, harassed or choked. Will you pledge to do the same?

The Tracy Rule outlines specific procedures universities should follow for evaluating prospective athletes backgrounds and disqualifiers for

The recently passed Child VIctim's Act looks great on the surface, and it certainly is a step in the right direction, but it is only a step

There is a growing numbers of lawsuits being filed against colleges and universities for improper sexual misconduct (link opens in new...

Headlines identifying recent reports by Universities and Colleges showing significant differences between the numbers of assaults...

The recent story exposing the abhorrent assaults of children by priests in Pennsylvania once again brings to the forefront child rape....

"Due to the nature of his personality, this man is rarely seen as a predator." In 'Nice Guys' do Rape Part 2, Steve Thompson took us...

Familiar predators engage in a pattern of behavior that involves seven progressive steps. Each step is clearly identifiable and builds...

In 1983, I began the serious study of date and acquaintance sexual assault. My focus was to determine if a pattern existed for familiar...

Twenty years ago, Central Michigan University Professor Steve Thompson decided that the sexual assault support programs that were...

Instances of sexual assault, and sexual harassment have been coming to light seemingly non-stop over the past few months. Celebrities,...

The sentencing of Larry Nassar has brought some justice to the horrid crimes this predator committed. But how will this make the...

When Steve Thompson taught self-defense at CMU decades ago, young women often told him they'd been sexually assaulted but didn't feel...