Addressing Student Sexual Violence in Higher Education : A Good Practice Guide.

Cover -- ADDRESSING STUDENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- REVIEWS -- ADDRESSING STUDENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: Good Practice Guide -- Copyright -- RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE COUNSELLING CENTRE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1: Why -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sexual Violence in Higher Education: An International Issue -- Prevalence in Higher Education -- Perpetration in Higher Education -- Commonalities in Addressing Sexual Violence Internationally -- 3. The Call to Action: Higher Education Institutions' Role in Addressing Sexual Violence -- Impact of Sexual Violence on Victim-survivors and the Community -- Legal Framework -- Sector Guidance -- Risks of Not Addressing Sexual Violence -- Call to Action -- 2: How -- 4. Embedding a Comprehensive Institution-wide Approach -- Comprehensive Institution-wide Approach -- Trauma-informed Approach -- Survivor-centred and Human Rights-based -- Social Justice-based Approach -- Intersectional -- Perpetrator Accountability -- Sector Guidance -- Understanding the Local Problem -- Embedding the Approach -- Resource Required -- Staffing -- Resources for Investigations -- Multiple Doors for Reporting -- Partnership Working -- Governance -- 5. Developing a Sexual Violence Policy and Procedure -- Policy Outline -- Key Principles -- Definitions -- Types of misconduct defined -- Consent defined -- Key terms defined -- Scope of the Policy -- Options for Support -- Reporting Options -- Procedure -- Risk Assessment -- Precautionary Measures -- Investigation and Adjudication Procedure -- Rights of Involved Parties -- Standard of Proof -- Communication of Policy -- 6. Comprehensive Institution-wide Education -- Considering In-person or Online Training Options -- Key Elements of Training.

Student Education -- Consent Education -- Active Bystander Education -- Staff Training -- Awareness Raising and Responding to Disclosures -- Investigation Training -- Adjudication and Sanctioning Training -- Campaigning -- Additional Considerations -- Peer-facilitated vs Staff/Expert-facilitated Training -- Risk Reduction Courses - Whose Risk? -- Facilitation Techniques and Tips -- 7. Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Violence -- Barriers to Disclosure -- Key Principles in Disclosure Response -- Principle 1 - Empower Survivors to Choose How to Take Forward a Disclosure -- Principle 2 - Safeguard Survivors and the Wider Community -- Principle 3 - Ensure Staff Are Trained to Respond to Disclosures -- How to Respond to a Disclosure -- Believe -- Reasons why believing helps the institution -- Reasons why believing helps victim-survivors -- How to Believe -- Listen -- Offer Options and Resources -- Recording a Disclosure -- Get Support for Yourself: Self-Care for the Responder -- What Not to Do -- 8. Trauma-Informed Investigations -- Effective Investigators -- Trauma-Informed -- Trauma Response -- Investigation Models -- Collecting Evidence -- Witnesses -- Common Defences and Investigative Strategies -- Interview Techniques and Tips -- Record Keeping during an Investigation -- Assessing Credibility -- Report Writing -- Communicating the Investigation Outcome -- Integrity of the Investigation -- 9. The Disciplinary Process -- Principles for Disciplinary Procedures -- Separating the Three Stages of Discipline -- Including the Reporting Party in the Process -- Adjudication -- Sanctioning -- Sanctioning Guidelines -- Mitigating, Aggravating and Compounding Factors -- Appeal Options -- 10. Concluding Thoughts and Recommendations -- RESOURCES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

This book is the first practical guidance on how to address sexual violence, using a comprehensive institution-wide approach. The authors provide how-to level information on policy writing, responding to disclosures, developing comprehensive prevention and response education programmes, conducting trauma-informed investigations and sanctioning.

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