But truly or falsely, it reported abuses and offenses.

Many woman at the academy said the culture in which 84 percent of the cadets are men and where few were punished for sexual misconduct was so powerful that it effectively discouraged women from reporting offenses.

Cafeteria of Sanctions' But now Washington's system is feeling the effects of longer terms served by violent offenders, along with sharp increases in drug arrests and reported sexual offenses.

Elected by the cadets themselves, it had no authority to punish, but acted as a kind of grand jury, reporting offenses to the commandant.

In 2009 there were 15,700 reported sexual offenses in Sweden, a rise of 8% compared to 2008, of which 5,940 were rape and sexual harassment (including exhibitionism) accounted for 7,590 reports.

The military dictatorship did not bother to keep reliable statistics, and many victims acknowledge now that they were afraid to report offenses to the police, who had a well earned reputation for corruption and brutality.

The rise appears to stem from a worry on the part of administrators, teachers, parents and others that they had neglected to report possible sexual offenses or ambiguous cases, investigators said.

For instance, he acknowledged that the rape of the disabled student had not been reported, but said the reason was that the district reports only offenses for which students face school disciplinary procedures.

Anyone who suspects an IP crime can visit cybercrime.gov, fbi.gov, or iprcenter.gov to report suspected offenses.

New York considers that a violation like a traffic infraction rather than a crime and bars database companies from reporting such offenses to employers.