
Explained: ‘Simple assault’ and the confusion surrounding NYU’s alert emails
The term "simple assault" is not so simple. Recent communications from the university left students wondering what the term means and why it is being used to refer to serious attacks.
Rachel Cohen, Rachel Fadem and Suhail Gharaibeh
• September 20, 2021


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