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Recent cases raise doubts about whether universities should be doing their own investigations of sexual assaults

Editorial says higher-education institutions should defer to outside law enforcement agencies
Feb. 6, 2012

Opinion from The Newark Star-Ledger: When it comes to sexual assaults, colleges should get out of the law enforcement business. In many cases, the internal investigations of such incidents are shady and inappropriate — for both the accuser and the accused. A school often does its own internal investigation without notifying outside law enforcement.

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