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When Jennifer Beeman ran the UC Davis Violence Prevention Program, she claimed that around 700 Davis women were victims of rape, or attempted rape, every year.

Nobody was terribly skeptical about this at the time — except for the local paper and a few bloggers. I mean, sure, seven hundred women … Sounds about right …

But then lots of money started disappearing from her office too, and the university decided to investigate.

Beeman has now pleaded no contest to embezzlement and falsifying accounts. She was accused of a bunch of other felonies too, but she cut a deal. She might go to jail, or she might get probation. Plus restitution.

As for her incredibly cynical and destructive play with crime statistics — She’ll suffer no consequences for that.

Margaret Soltan, April 15, 2011 3:36PM
Posted in: hoax

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3 Responses to “When Jennifer Beeman ran the UC Davis Violence Prevention Program, she claimed that around 700 Davis women were victims of rape, or attempted rape, every year.”

  1. Shane Street Says:

    Alarmism in the pursuit of mendacity has no controlling legal authority.

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:

    In the pursuit of moolah, Shane.

  3. theprofessor Says:

    Apparently the “but the metanarrative is true” defense doesn’t work even in California.

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