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

This is an issue that has occupied me for quite a long time.  To really get 
an accurate set of data, one would have to get access to college records and 
send a survey out to those who withdrew prior to graduation to find out why 
someone left.  Even with that, it would take the participant the 
understanding that they actually left because of an assault, and not because 
of failing grades that we might recognize as the result of trauma.  Some 
students might not make the connections if the assault occurred sometime 
prior to leaving, just as some folks don't identify their assaults as rape 
when they legally fit that description.  This is a really important issue, 
and I'm wondering if we couldn't all collaborate on such a project. I'm not 
sure how we could do it, but it's really worth exploring.
Claire


Claire N Kaplan, PhD
Manager, SAPC Listserv
Director, Sexual & Domestic Violence Services
UVA Women's Center
PO Box 800588
Charlottesville VA 22908-0588
434-982-2774 Voice
434-982-2901 Fax




-----Original Message-----
From: S. Daniel Carter 
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Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:43 PM
To: Mike Domitrz; 

Subject: Re: Withdrawls After Assaults?

on 6/3/09 10:27 PM, Mike Domitrz at 

 wrote:

> While speaking at schools, I've met survivors who share privately that
> they left their previous school after a sexual assault -- and they
> often state they never told anyone why they actually left.

The data would almost certainly have to come from a type of victimization
study, I just don't know of any that have addressed this particular
question. Focusing only on those cases that were formally reported would
certainly skew the data given that in even the best case that'd reflect only
20% of all cases, and possibly less than 5%.

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S. Daniel Carter
Director of Public Policy
Security On Campus, Inc.
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