College Student Arrested for Sexual Assault

This is one of the top stories today; however, this isn't just any college student. This is a student that has a sexual assault history in Michigan and has registered as a sex offender in San Marcos.

While we should feel for the victim of this man, one can't help but think - what about this guy? This will now set a tone for colleges wanting to post sexual offender notices about sexual offenders attending their college, perhaps. This sexual offender man then becomes a marked man wherever he goes. It won't be bad enough that he is registered with the local policing authorities.

Are colleges then going to eliminate a candidate for the right of their education on a campus? Will sexual offenders only find it safe to attend colleges online? Are they going to become recluses to society, not being able to leave their homes? If so, you just might as well put them in jail.

Perhaps, I am just putting the horse before the cart in reading this article published on KEYE-TV's website, Texas State Student Arrested For Sexual Assault.

Don't get me wrong. I certainly don't advocate sexual assault, nor do I feel comfortable about all sexual offenders being mixed in with society, but I don't feel that all sexual offenders are capable of recommitting sexual assault, especially if you take them away from the environment that is conducive to their types of sexual assault victims. Was this 33 year old's sexual assault victims college students in Michigan? If so, perhaps the colleges should be more careful about who they let in on their campuses.

Of course the article does point out that he had served a 5 year sentence for sexual assault; what type was or were his victim(s)? Could this have been prevented by the college not allowing him on campus?

Of course, too, they didn't state that the woman was a collge student. They simply stated it was a "San Marcos woman" who was 23 years old, which could have even been a non-college student. If so, why the focus in the title of the story about him being a Texas State University student?

At any rate, I find that their are many unanswered questions in this article and I would, as a forensic pyschology student, be interested to know more about the facts of this case matter to answer the questions of whether or not this sexual assault crime could have been prevented, will this set a precedence for Universities/Colleges to ban sexual offenders from attending their colleges, etc. I guess only time will tell.