Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Ingarfield, Lisa" <>]

Dear colleagues,

As we move through our discussions of policy development for issues of 
interpersonal violence we came across an issue at one of the 3 institutions 
we are working with. Currently, at this institution, if a student reports a 
sexual assault to the campus judicial officer - so the entity responsible for 
student code of conduct - that staff member is then mandated to report this 
to the Sexual Harassment Officer for the school who resides in HR. HR then 
does an investigation that can last up to 2 months on whether the perpetrator 
is responsible or not responsible for violating the student code of conduct - 
the judicial office and/or campus police does not do this investigation.

A student is then caught up in an HR/employee process regardless of whether 
they are an employee or whether the perpetrator is an employee. I am 
wondering if any other campuses do this and what, if any, are the best 
practices around having students (non-employees) go through an HR process for 
sexual assault. If the Sexual Harassment officer finds no violation then the 
campus judicial office cannot adjudicate it.

Sincerely,

Lisa Ingarfield

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Lisa Ingarfield
Associate Director, Interpersonal Violence Prevention
The Phoenix Center at Auraria
1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 440
Denver, CO 80217

P: 303-315-4923
F: 303-315-2054 (not secure)

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