Sexual assault reports surge in US military
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:17:32 GMT
The Pentagon has announced that the number of reports of sexual assault in the US military has jumped by 11 percent in fiscal year 2009.
五角大樓已宣布，在美國軍方內的性侵犯報告數字，在2009年財政年度已跳升11%。
The Defense Department said Tuesday it has so far recorded some 3,230 complaints which involve members of the military, both as victims and perpetrators.
國防部週二表示，迄今錄得3,230宗投訴涉及軍方成員，兩者作為受害者和肇事者。
The number compared to the 2,908 recorded in 2008 has witnessed a dramatic rise.
這個數字比2008年錄得的2,908宗出現了大幅上升。
The alarming data was released by The Pentagon in an attempt to raise awareness of the problem, which has been under-reported.
令人震驚的數據由五角大樓公佈，試圖提高人們對問題的警覺，這一直被低估。
Victims of abuse in the military are allowed to report the crime without notifying their commanding officers or police.
在軍方被虐的受害者是允許報告罪案，而不需通知他們的指揮官或警察。
However, this "restricted" reporting means that the case does not trigger an investigation or a military trial.
然而，這種“受限制”報告意味，案件不會引發調查或軍事審判。
The latest figures also show that only in 983 cases out of 2,284 sexual assault investigations, the accused were punished, and of those just 42% were prosecuted under a court-martial.
最新的數字亦顯示，2,284宗性侵犯調查只有983宗，被告受到懲罰，而它們只有42％軍事法庭下被起訴。
Last week in another shocking report by the Pentagon, it was revealed that over 3,500 female veterans were raped in the US military during 2009.
上週五角大樓的另一樁駭人聽聞的報告，它透露在2009年美軍中有超過 3,500女性後備軍人被強姦。
This means that women who join the military to help fight in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to be raped by a fellow American soldier than getting killed by enemy fire.
這意味婦女加入軍隊，協助在伊拉克和阿富汗打仗，更有可能被同胞美國士兵強姦多過被敵人炮火殺害。
However, even though President Barack Obama's administration is quite aware of the problem of sexual assault in the US military, it has been very slow in addressing the issue, and has only asked the Congress to advance more money for more prevention programs.
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