Officials: Sex assault reporting inconsistent

Inconsistent reporting of sex assaults to federal agencies prevents people from knowing the actual rate of these crimes in their neighborhoods, as well as federal officials from determining the number of assaults at military service academies, officials said.

“The way federal government has accounted for violence against women has been a source of dismay among people who work in this field,” said Lynn Schafran, vice president of women?s rights group Legal Momentum, and a sexual assault expert that has worked with the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.