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Rape prevention would be a good program to institute in middle and high schools in areas with higher rates. Rape prevention generally has a lot more to do with carrying mace or yelling "fire" than it does addressing the real causes as rape. Now would be a very good time to put in place true sexual assault prevention in the form of things like discussing the true motives of rape with students, talking about how to properly deal with feelings of powerlessness and such, and how to appropriately recognize and report warning signs in troubled individuals. Richmond has an opportunity in the wake of tragedy to take an active roll in ensuring that no one else has to go what this student had to go through.
Richmond has about 98 rapes a year, which is about 1.35 times the national average. I wouldn't call it an especially rape-ridden place, but anything above the national rate deserves a bit of attention, which this situation has highlighted. Richmond has a surprisingly high murder rate, too, so this rape is likely a symptom of the same problem which is related to the murders. I'd start be addressing issues of poverty, as quite often crimes like these are tied to financial troubles.
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