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["Kaplan, Claire (cnk2r)" <>]

Hi Folks,
If you have a response for Alison (address in header), please reply directly 
to her, but also copy the list, as I believe this would be of interest to 
everyone.
Claire


Claire N. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Director, Sexual & Domestic Violence Services
Manager, Sexual Assault Program Coordinators List
UVA Women's Center
PO Box 800588
Charlottesville Va 22908-0588
434-982-2774

http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/sdvs


Date:    Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:00:41 +0000
From:    Alison Phipps 
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Subject: Sexual violence on campus

I hope it's OK to put a question to the group and ask for private responses - 
I don't think this is completely under the remit of the list, but it is about 
Women's Studies research and our students.
Also, it's important and I don't know who else to ask!  Joan - please forgive 
me if I've over-stepped the mark.

I'm currently trying to start up a pilot study of sexual violence against 
students at my university in the UK, with the hope that it can be extended 
into a national prevalence study (you may find this hard to believe, but we 
don't have one).  The management have refused to support the research - 
reading between the lines, I think they're worried that it might draw the 
university into legal proceedings.

The question I want to ask the group is: of the studies that have been 
conducted on college campuses in the US, how many (if any) have resulted in a 
researcher having to testify in court or a university getting sued for 
failing to protect its students?  If I could reassure my management that it's 
rare (or perhaps it's not?) they might be more willing to support my work.  
We badly need a national prevalence study of sexual violence against students 
in the UK, so I'm really hoping my university will back me.

Please respond to me privately at 

 (and please forgive me if I've broken list rules).

Best to all,
Alison

Dr Alison Phipps
Director of Gender Studies
University of Sussex
Arts D, Falmer Campus
Brighton, East Sussex
BN1 9SN
t: (+44 0)1273 877 689
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w: www.sussex.ac.uk/gender