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["Don Lazzarini" <>]

Gail,

I applaud your candid question and fully appreciate the implications of
such a question in a forum such as this. In theory, this list serve is
providing access to the experts in the sexual assault field as well as
those working in the trenches every day. What if your experience
reflects our national experience. What if less than 5% of women
experiencing this violence nationally are reporting? What if all the
experts in the country and all the programs in the country haven't
changed the social barriers supporting non-reporting?

What do we mean when we use the word "reporting"? Is it data collection,
is it for the purpose of providing victim services, is it general
perpetrator accountability, is it criminal accountability or is it
social accountability? Does an increase in confidential reporting result
in a decrease in raping? Can the answer to increased reporting really be
survivor based confidentiality and control? It would appear the ultimate
in confidentiality and control is to only tell one close friend or no
one. Research says victims already do that. Confidentiality and control
don't apply to a criminal trial so are we excluding ourselves from the
social contract and social control of rape behaviors. It would appear
many have moved a substantial distance down this path, but to what end?

The end looks dysfunctional. Nationally we have managed to turn a public
issue (rape), into a private wrong. Many have decided to place women in
the indefensible position of holding the power to decide if behaviors
that violate our socially constructed and statutory criminal codes
should be enforced or not. It sounds like "Do you want to want to press
charges? What do you want to do?" (Try that approach in a homicide
case.) Such a position makes it easy to blame women who report rape
because reporting is now a choice, not a responsibility to the
community. If we appreciate how strongly the general community doesn't
want to have their boat rocked, it would make sense how the boat rocker
is viewed as the problem when she chooses to report in a public forum.
She is choosing to share her dirty laundry and make everyone in the
community uncomfortable. Humans work so hard to differentiate themselves
from the victimized we can predict they will not identify with the
victim or their experience. In effect, reporting sexual assault is
currently not socially desirable.

Rape is about power on all levels. As long as those in power benefit
from rape there is little incentive to create social change. Rape is
characterized as a private social disease on so many levels it is easy
to understand why many people treat it that way. Rape is a
legal/statutory term describing the violation of socially proscribed
behaviors. It is similar to students who drink alcohol before they are
twenty one. Many people tell these 18 year old students "we know your
going to drink" just do it in moderation or safely. The encouragement to
drink and the older students who buy is a strong social influence to
violate the law. When they get arrested or receive a citation everyone
blames them for being stupid and treat it as a personal issue. Is
alcohol on campus a private issue the 18 year old student can deal with
or has it grown to a national health issue?

Our goal is to create social change. Our reporting to create social
change will not occur until we make the act of a woman reporting a
heroic act of self sacrifice done for the good of the community. The act
of reporting is done to help keep others safe and to make everyone in
the community aware of those among us who don't follow our rules. To
achieve this will require a paradigm shift where rape is not committed
against the individual but against the peace of the community. People
who report a violation to protect all of us are very different than
those who report to get even or seek personal satisfaction for a
perceived wrong. Our current treatment of these reports involves choice,
instead of a civic responsibility to the entire community.

I'll go out on a limb. An increase in confidential reports to provide
services to victims will not result in an increase in societal awareness
or a reduction in the number of women being raped. Research can provide
accurate numbers much more easily and accurately with the same impact on
reducing the number of rapes occurring. We are trying to treat the
symptoms and not the source. Everyone has their job and
counseling/victim services are very important without being the answer
to reducing rape. Increasing reports to remove perpetrators from among
us and to provide a level of social deterrence and social awareness is a
reasonable goal but cannot work confidentially. Working to make
reporting socially desirable is worthy of our efforts as is helping
others to recognize a public issue when they see one.

I would like to thank you for your honest reflection of your experience
in this field. It is not easy to do but is of great service to all of
us. 


Don Lazzarini M. Ed
Coordinator VAWOC Project
Resource Specialist
208-885-2956


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Hello

I believe that to increase reporting in the campus community you need to
first address the services.  Is every office/agency a survivor comes in
contact with after an incident responsive and informed?  Does the
prosecutor, student affairs officer, residence life staff person, law
enforcement officer, and medical response group know the realities of
this issue and allow for survivor based confidentiality and control?  If
the answer is yes, the reports will come.  If no, the matrix of support
is not conducive to survivor reporting.

Steve

Steve Thompson
Sexual Aggression Services Coordinator
Central Michigan University
SAC 195
Mt. Pleasant, MI. 48859
Phone: 989-774-6677
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I am interested in hearing about any strategies which have been used to
increase student reporting of sexual assault.  We have tried a variety
of strategies, incorporating various messages and reporting options into
all presentations and materials, but we have had fairly consistent
reporting rates over the past five years.  I would be very interested in
hearing any suggestions for increasing student reporting.  If you would
prefer you can respond to me directly at: 
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summarize responses/suggestions for the listserv.
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Gail Trimpe-Morrow, M.S.
Coordinator
Sexual Assault Prevention and Survivor Services Campus Box 2540 Illinois
State University Normal, IL  61790-2540
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Hello all,
My sexual assault task force would like to put together a 'one-pager'
for all faculty and staff that would give them some information about
what to do if a student discloses to them.

Does anyone have anything like this already in use that they would be
willing to share?
Thanks,
Rebecca Harrington

Health Educator
Office of Health Education
Counseling, Health and Wellness Center
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, NY 13820
(607) 436-3540
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