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Missoula,Montana,isatypicalcollegetown,hometoahighlyregardedstateuniversitywhosebelovedfootballteaminspiresapassionatelyloyalfanbase.BetweenJanuary2008andMay2012,hundredsofstudentsreportedsexualassaultstothelocalpolice.Fewofthecaseswereproperlyhandledbyeithertheuniversityorlocalauthorities.?Inthis,Missoulaisalsotypical.Inthesepages,acclaimedjournalistJonKrakauerinvestigatesaspateofcampusrapesthatoccurredinMissoulaoverafour-yearperiod.Takingthetownasacasestudyforacrimethatissadlyprevalentthroughoutthenation,Krakauerdocumentstheexperiencesoffivevictims:theirfearandself-doubtintheaftermath;theskepticismdirectedatthembypolice,prosecutors,andthepublic;theirbraveryinpushingforwardandwhatitcostthem.Thesestoriescutthroughabstractideologicaldebateaboutacquaintancerapetodemonstratethatitdoesnothappenbecausewomenaresendingmixedsignalsorseekingattention.Theyarevictimsofaterriblecrime,deservingoffairnessfromourjusticesystem.Rigorouslyresearched,renderedinincisiveprose,Missoulastandsasanessentialcalltoaction.?,