tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4070126256373578912.post611490571082868255..comments2024-03-20T17:53:33.153-04:00Comments on Global Military Justice Reform: Military Justice Improvement Act to rise againEugene R. Fidellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14694139458443207131noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4070126256373578912.post-52804649017125251212015-04-11T23:44:40.399-04:002015-04-11T23:44:40.399-04:00[Standard disclaimer: These comments are made in ...[Standard disclaimer: These comments are made in my individual capacity and shouldn't be attributed to anyone or anything else.] The article gets important facts wrong. For example, a company commander doesn't have authority to dispose of sexual assault offenses; the initial disposition authority in such cases in DoD is an O-6 special court-martial convening authority. The article also includes a quotation saying that the increase in reports of sexual assault from 2013 to 2014 is "deplorable." Isn't an increase in reporting a positive development when paired with an estimated decline in prevalence, as RAND's study found? And the article discusses the increase in reporting in the same paragraph as the DoD estimated prevalence rate, suggesting that it is conflating the separate concepts of reporting and prevalence. The article also suggests, incorrectly, that sexual assaults may be reported only to a service member's chain of command. In fact, there are numerous reporting options available, including to law enforcement.Dwight Sullivannoreply@blogger.com