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Announcing an Upcoming NCHERM  Webinar 

Profiling the Campus Date  Rapist:   
Inside the  Research 

Friday, January 26th,  2007 

1:00pm to 3:00pm Eastern  Time 

Presented by:   

Brett A. Sokolow, J.D.   
and 
David Lisak,  Ph.D. 

THE  TOPIC 
SHE  SAID:  April, a student at your university,  comes to your office and 
asks to report a sexual assault.  She claims that another student, Kyle,  
took 
advantage of her sexually the previous evening.  She describes a night of 
pressure at a  campus party, repeated sexual advances, Kyle insisting on 
walking 
her home,  trying to resist him and finally, of being raped.   
HE  SAID:  You summon Kyle to your office and question him about  his 
behavior with April the previous evening.  Kyle convincing describes an 
evening of  
casual drinking and serious flirtation.  He was flattered when April invited 
him back to her room.  She was shy at first, but once intimacy  began, she 
was 
into it and clearly consented to what they did  together. 
The classic, “He Said – She Said” and we’re left  trying to figure out who 
did what to whom.  The accounts of these two students are bafflingly 
dissimilar.  How do we figure out what really  happened?  We may never know, 
but  
researchers are diligently collecting and presenting data that might help us 
to  
better understand the phenomenology of campus date rape.   
One of the foremost of these researchers is Dr. David  Lisak (see bio below). 
 Dr. Lisak’s  research is well-regarded and he is frequently called to 
consult on high profile  date rape cases.  His work informs  the U.S. 
Military as it 
grapples with cultural issues of gender violence.  He has framed a body of 
research around  the concept of undetected rapists.  Some of his conclusions 
will cause us to carefully re-examine our  willingness to accept at face 
value 
what “HE SAID.” 
According to Lisak’s research, undetected  rapists: 
·         Are extremely adept at  identifying “likely” victims, and testing 
prospective victims’  boundaries; 
·         Plan and premeditate their  attacks using sophisticated strategies 
to groom their victims for attack, and to  isolate them physically;  
·         Use “instrumental” not  gratuitous violence; they exhibit strong 
impulse control and use only as much  violence as is needed to terrify and 
coerce their victims into submission;   
·         Use psychological weapons  – power, control, manipulation, and 
threats – backed up by physical force, and  almost never resort to weapons 
such as 
knives or guns;  
·         Use alcohol deliberately  to render victims more vulnerable to 
attack, or completely unconscious.   
In addition, the majority of undetected rapists are  serial rapists who also 
commit other  
forms of serious interpersonal violence. In a study  of 120 undetected 
rapists in the  
Boston area, 63% were serial rapists. These 76 serial  rapists had, on 
average,  
attacked 14 victims, and were responsible for:   
·         439 rapes and attempted  rapes  
·         49 sexual assaults   
·         214 acts of battery  against intimate partners  
In this webinar, Brett Sokolow  will interview Dr. Lisak to help to 
familiarize participants with his research,  and will discuss with Dr. Lisak 
how his 
findings apply to the work of student  affairs administrators as we endeavor 
to 
prevent and respond to campus sexual  violence.  Special emphasis will be  
placed on these questions: 
·         What implications do these  findings have for the campus conduct 
process? 
·         What implications do these  findings have for how we approach 
educational initiatives on  prevention? 
·         What implications do these  findings have for how we educate our 
potential victim population about risk  reduction? 
HOW A WEBINAR  WORKS 
Webinars are cost-effective  because everything you need is already in your 
office -- a telephone and a  computer.  Webinars are large-group  conference 
calls where you can follow along online with our PowerPoint.  You can even 
project the PowerPoint via  an LCD projector for group participation by your 
staff. 
 Each registrant can call in from one  telephone line on campus, so you might 
arrange to use a phone in a conference  room, where your staff and 
administrators can listen and participate via  speakerphone.  You can also 
purchase  
additional lines for multiple campus call-in locations for a moderate  
surcharge. 
 You will receive a  call-in 800 number and a PIN for the day of the event.  
Once you join the call, you will be able  to hear the presenters and ask 
questions via phone, while viewing the Power  Point online. 
INTENDED  PARTICIPANTS:  
 
Ø      Student  Affairs Administrators,  
Ø      Judicial  Administrators, Hearing Officers and Boards 
Ø      University  Counsels and Risk Managers,  
Ø      Residential  Life Administrators, 
Ø      Campus Law Enforcement 
Ø      Health Service Staff, 
Ø      Counseling Staff, 
Ø      AOD Prevention and  Education Specialists 
Ø      Health Educators, 
Ø      Campus Sexual Assault  Response Coordinators 

PRESENTERS: 
·        Brett. A. Sokolow, J.D.  Brett Sokolow is the President of NCHERM 
and  the author of ten books on student affairs law and policy topics.  Mr. 
Sokolow serves seven campuses as  outside counsel and is a consultant to 
hundreds 
of others.  He is the Editor of the Report on Campus Safety and Student  
Development and is Legal Issues Editor of the CLHE Student Affairs Law & 
Policy  
Weekly.  He serves on the Board  of Directors of the Council on Law in Higher 
Education (CLHE). He is on the Editorial Advisory Board  of the College and 
University Law Advisor published by the Civic Research Institute.  Mr. 
Sokolow is 
Vice-Chair for Education  of the Directorate Body of ACPA’s Commission on 
Judicial Affairs and Legal  Issues.  
·        David Lisak,  Ph.D. is an associate  professor of psychology at the 
University of Massachusetts  Boston and director of the Men’s Sexual Trauma  
Research Project. He conducts and supervises research on the causes and  
consequences of interpersonal violence. In particular, he has studied the  
motives 
and characteristics of "undetected" rapists – men who rape but who are  never 
prosecuted. He also studies the long term effects of childhood abuse in  
adult 
men, and the relationship between early abuse and the later perpetration  of 
interpersonal violence. His research has been published in leading journals  
in 
psychology, trauma and violence, and he is the editor of the journal,  
Psychology of Men and Masculinity. In addition to his research and  teaching, 
Dr. 
Lisak is a consultant to judicial and prosecutor education  programs across 
the 
country, he maintains a private practice specializing in the  treatment of 
men, and serves as an expert witness in death penalty cases in  which child 
abuse 
issues are raised. 


NCHERM Webinar  Registration 

PROFILING THE CAMPUS DATE  RAPIST 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26TH,  2007 

1:00pm to 3:00pm Eastern  Time 

Please register by Thursday, January  25th, 2007 

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Regards,

Brett A. Sokolow, JD
Special Counsel to  the President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Special Counsel for Student  Conduct Issues, Warren Wilson College
Special Advisor to the Dean of Campus  Life, Univ. of the Incarnate Word

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