I don't object to it being the victim's responsibility to report the crime. If they're unwilling (for whatever reason) to do so then the justice system won't be involved. That's not a problem. But when you say that "the correct answer is for the affected individual to call the police on the spot and file criminal charges", the implication is that it's the victim's problem, not the conference's. That's not a constructive way to improve things.
Posted Dec 2, 2010 16:52 UTC (Thu) by sorpigal (subscriber, #36106)
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So have the victim report it to the conference organizers and have them call the cops.
I don't get it
Posted Dec 2, 2010 16:59 UTC (Thu) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239)
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"I'd like to report a crime. The victim doesn't want to be involved in the case and there were no other witnesses, but we'd like you to arrest the offender anyway. Hello? Hello?"