In 2015, campus officials conducted a survey of students that showed of the sexual assault victims on campus, only 26.1% of women and 5% of men, reported their crimes to police or a campus official. “They’re scared nothing will happen if they do,” University Health Services manager Carmen Juniper Neimeko explains.This number comes as no surprise to advocates, who say a majority of victims end up telling a close friend of family member. Survey results show that’s the case on UW-Madison campus around 83% of the time. “We’re really empowering friends and family to take a significant role in using non-judgmental language and guidance for the victims in their life,” Juniper Neimeko says.
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