Sexual violence on campus : overview, issues and actions / Michael P. Watts, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watts, Michael P., editor.

Series:

Safety and risk in society series.

Safety and Risk in Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual harassment in universities and colleges--United States.

Sexual harassment in universities and colleges.

Sexual harassment--United States.

Sexual harassment.

Sex crimes--United States.

Sex crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, a number of high-profile incidents of sexual violence at institutions of higher education (IHEs) have heightened congressional and administration scrutiny of the policies and procedures that IHEs currently have in place to address campus sexual violence and how these policies and procedures can be improved. Campus sexual violence is widely acknowledged to be a problem. However, reported data on the extent of sexual violence at IHEs varies considerably across studies for a variety of methodological and other reasons. Victims of sexual violence may suffer from a range of physica

Contents:

""SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS: OVERVIEW, ISSUES AND ACTIONS""; ""SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS: OVERVIEW, ISSUES AND ACTIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Sexual Violence at Institutions of Higher Education*""; ""Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""Background on Sexual Violence at IHEs""; ""Data on Sexual Violence at IHEs""; ""Introduction to the Clery Act and Title IX""; ""Overview of the Clery Act""; ""Clery Act Reporting Requirements23""; ""Required Policies""

""The Violence against Women Act (VAWA, P.L. 113-4) Amendments to the Clery Act""""Enforcement Efforts""; ""Overview of Title IX""; ""Title IX Enforcement""; ""Administrative Enforcement""; ""OCR Enforcement Data""; ""Title IX Guidance on Sexual Violence""; ""Preventive Measures""; ""Responsive Measures""; ""The Disciplinary Hearing""; ""Final Stages of Investigation""; ""The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act""; ""Current Clery Act and Title IX Issues Regarding Sexual Violence at IHEs""; ""Reliability of Clery Statistics""; ""Title IX and the Preponderance of the Evidence Standard""

""Title IX Remedies""""Congressional Response""; ""Administration Response""; ""End Notes""; ""Chapter 2: Not Alone""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Why We Need to Act""; ""1. Identifying the Problem: Campus Climate Surveys""; ""2. Preventing Sexual Assault � and Engaging Men""; ""3. Effectively Responding When a Student Is Sexually Assaulted""; ""Someone a Survivor Can Talk to in Confidence""; ""A Comprehensive Sexual Misconduct Policy""; ""Trauma-Informed Training for School Officials""; ""Better School Disciplinary Systems""; ""Partnerships with the Community""

""4. Increasing Transparency and Improving Enforcement""""More Transparency and Information""; ""Improved Enforcement""; ""Next Steps""; ""Introduction""; ""Our First Task: Listening""; ""I. How Best to Identify the Problem: Campus Climate Surveys""; ""II. Preventing Sexual Assault on Campus""; ""III. Responding Effectively When a Student""; ""is Sexually Assaulted""; ""Giving Survivors More Control: Reporting and Confidentially Disclosing What Happened""; ""Developing a Comprehensive Sexual Misconduct Policy""; ""Training for School Officials""

""New Investigative and Adjudicative Protocols: Better Holding Offenders Accountable""""Providing Comprehensive Support: Partnering""; ""with the Community""; ""Developing a Research Collaborative: Enlisting School Researchers to Find New Solutions""; ""IV. Improving the Federal Government�s""; ""Enforcement Efforts, and Making""; ""Them More Transparent""; ""Some Background on the Laws""; ""Improving Transparency and Information-Sharing""; ""Improving Our Enforcement Efforts""; ""End Notes""; ""Chapter 3: The Sexual Victimization of College Women*""; ""Foreword""

""What We Know About Sexual Victimization of College Women""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 26, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-802-6

OCLC:

900408823