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>We are currently in the process of reviewing disciplinary and
>educational sanctions imposed on students found responsible for
>committing acts of sexual misconduct/sexual assault.  It would be very
>helpful to obtain more information about how other colleges/universities
>are responding to these situations.  Please take a few minutes and
>respond to the follow questions.  You can send the responses directly to
>me at: 
>.
>  Thank you in advance for any information you
>can provide!
 
>1.  What sanctions are available for sexual assault/sexual misconduct
>cases.
 
>2.  Have you developed a matrix/grid outlining specific sanctions to be
>applied to particular incidents (e.g. increasing the severity of
>sanctions in response to increasing severity of the act)?  If so, would
>you be willing to share this document?
 
>3.  What sanctions are available for other (non-sexual) assault cases?
>Is the same range of sanctions applied to both sexual, and non-sexual
>assault cases?
 
>4. For students who are allowed to remain on campus despite being found
>responsible for committing an act of sexual assault/sexual misconduct,
>what "educational"  and "disciplinary" sanctions are applied?  Who is
>responsible for providing the "educational" component.

I'm a little bothered by the implications of #1-#4. There's a tacit
assumption
that the obvious answer isn't seriously considered. I mean, of course "Turn
their worthless raping carcasses over the police and do your best to make
sure they end up in prison." Obviously, not every case meets the rather
strict standards of the law. But why do so many college administrators (I've
encountered this at several institutions) believe that their duty is to
protect the rapist from the justice system? 
 
>5.  What is the extent of your involvement with the Athletic Department,
>in terms of providing educational, awareness and prevention programs for
>student athletes?

I'm an adjunct professor in the Athletic Department and teach women's self
defense. This includes awareness and educational material as well as
prevention skills..From 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Berkowitz 
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Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 4:25 PM
To: Scott Berkowitz
Subject: Congress Passes Most Important Anti-Rape Bill in History

 

We Did It!
Congress Passes 
Rape Kit DNA Bill
Considered the most important anti-rape legislation 
Congress has ever considered, the bill will help 
solve as many as 67,000 open rape cases 
and take these rapists off the streets

Just minutes ago, the US House of Representatives passed the Justice for All
Act of 2004, which incorporates the Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology
Act and the Debbie Smith Bill. Earlier today, the US Senate passed the
identical bill. The bill now heads to the White House, where President Bush
is expected to sign it in the next week.

The bill provides funding to analyze the DNA evidence from 221,000 open rape
and murder cases. RAINN estimates that this funding will lead to solving as
many as 67,000 of these cases, and will result in thousands of rapists being
locked up. Because of this expected result, and the tens of thousands of
future rapes that will likely be prevented by locking up professional
rapists, we consider this to be the most important anti-rape legislation
Congress has ever considered.

Specifically, the bill:
o Creates the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program and authorizes $755
million over five years for grants to states and local authorities to
eliminate the backlog of untested rape evidence kits.
o Authorizes grants to state sexual assault coalitions for programs under
the Violence Against Women Act and expands VAWA to provide legal assistance
for victims of dating violence.
o Provides grants for training law enforcement, judges and medical personnel
on the use of DNA analysis in sexual assault cases.
o Provides funding to expand local and state witness assistance programs and
crime victim notification programs, and extends enhanced rights to crime
victims. 

This legislation has been RAINN's top legislative priority for the past two
years. We want to thank the members of Congress who were our allies and
partners in this effort. In particular, Sens. Orrin Hatch, Joseph Biden and
Jon Kyl and Reps. James Sensenbrenner, Mark Green, Carolyn Maloney and Jerry
Nadler and their great staffs have been tireless in their efforts to pass
this legislation and have worked closely with us to make it happen. Each of
them deserves thanks and congratulations. 

Also deserving of thanks and congratulations are our partners key partners
over the last two years: Ilse Knecht and her colleagues at the National
Center for Victims of Crime; Toby Graff, Eileen DeParrie and Mary Dixon at
Lifetime Television; the folks at ChoicePoint; Chris Lippincott at TAASA;
and Kellie Green of SOAR. And thanks to the many rape crisis centers and
state coalitions who wrote letters and made calls of support.

Most importantly, thanks to Debbie Smith, for whom the key part of the
legislation is named, and her husband Rob. They have been the public face of
this campaign, and its most effective advocates. They have been our close
partners from the very beginnings, and it was Debbie's call last night to a
key senator who was blocking the bill that broke the final logjam preventing
passage.