Taking Military Sexual Trauma Seriously

Date Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Category: Sexual Harassment/Assault/Trauma - National

The Orange County Community Court, in 2015, saw 85 percent male and 15 percent female veterans in their "Veterans Treatment Court." Eileen Moore serves as a mentor, primarily with justice-involved women veterans. She shares her observations about the lifelong impact of military sexual trauma (MST), noting that 90-95% of the women veterans she mentored were MST survivors. The court, if for no other reason, is geared toward male veterans because they enter the system at a much higher rate and there is limited monies for the program. She notes that she believes that "the women’s needs are not completely different from the men’s."

Read the full article at: The Atlantic