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[Beth-Anne Vieira <>]

Hi Lauren, et al. 



I'm a bit delayed in my response; I hope this information is still helfpul to 
you. 



The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth does have a "medical amnesty" 
policy called the Good Samaritan Policy. ( I am fully support our Good 
Samaritan Policy. ) You can view the complete policy here: 

http://www.umassd.edu/studenthandbook/studentrights/goodsamaritan.cfm ;



Our Good Samaritan Policy does not specifically address sexual assault. 
However, our sexual assault policy does include language re. amnesty for AOD 
use: 

It is important to note that if the person who has been assaulted is under 
the influence of alcohol or drugs at either the time of the incident or at 
the time s/he makes the report, s/he will not be charged with an alcohol or 
drug violation either through the criminal or University Judicial Process. 



FYI: The organization Students for a Sensible Drug Policy maintain a 
spreadsheet of colleges/universities that have adopted Good Samaritan/medical 
amnesty policies. http://ssdp.org/campaigns/ccc/goodsamaritan/ ;



Be well, 

Beth-Anne 


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Today's Topics: 

   1. Do you like to read? (Michael Domitrz) 
   2. Your opinion: alcohol amnesty policies (Lauren Sogor) 
   3. Your opinion: alcohol amnesty policies (Felty, Wade P.) 
   4. (no subject) (Jamie Tiedemann) 


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Message: 1 
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:34:39 -0500 
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Do you read books addressing sexual assault, especially books written   
by survivors?  We are creating a Review Board for sexual assault   
survivors who want us to help them get their books published.  Due to   
our books "Voices of Courage" and "May I Kiss You?", we are receiving   
more and more requests from survivors who have written books - to help   
them get their books published. 

To best assist these survivors, we want to provide them with in-depth   
feedback on their book - before sending them to vendors who can help   
them get their book printed (the book publishing industry can be   
brutal and so we want to help these authors before going through such   
a process). 

For being on the Review Board, you would receive 10 copies of each   
book upon its completion (when it is printed). If the author chooses   
NOT to print the book, you will have the opportunity to receive 5   
complimentary copies of "Voices of Courage" or "May I Kiss You?" for   
your time.  Please email me directly if you want to serve on this   
Review Board. 

As of right now, you would be reading 1 or 2 books a month at most   
(our demand could increase upon people discovering we are creating   
this Board). 

Mike Domitrz 
Founder of The Date Safe Project, Inc. 
Author of "May I Kiss You?" and "Help! My Teen Is Dating" 
"Providing parents, educators, students, and our military Real   
Solutions to Tough Conversations on dating, intimacy, and sexual   
assault." 

Toll-Free:  800-329-9390 
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Website: http://www.DateSafeProject.org ;

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VISIT http://www.DateSafeProject.org to join caring individuals and   ;
organizations in bringing The Date Safe Project's "Can I Kiss You?"   
program to your community. 
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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:27:23 -0400 
From: "Lauren Sogor" 
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I'm interested to hear from you all regarding alcohol amnesty policies 
on campus. I know our colleague Adriane Bang has done some work in this 
area and posted about this a while back, but I'm actually more 
interested in the OPINION side than the actual policies you may or may 
not have implemented. Here are my questions: 

-          Does your school have some type of alcohol amnesty policy? 
(Or have you tried setting one up?) 

-          Does it include specific language regarding victims of sexual 
violence, or is it general (covering any emergency medical situations)? 

-          Have you faced resistance from others on campus in setting 
this up? If so, who and why? 

-          Do you support an alcohol amnesty policy? Are there elements 
of such policy that you do NOT support (e.g., forced alcohol 
assessments)? Please be specific. 

-          Please state if you are willing to be quoted in the National 
Sexual Violence Resource Center's newsletter The Resource, on this 
topic. 

  

I'm on a tight deadline for finalizing this article (lest my coworker 
who edits it throws my computer out the window), so the sooner the 
better! THANK YOU! 

Lauren 

  

E. Lauren Sogor, MPH 

Prevention Campaign Specialist 

  

National Sexual Violence Resource Center 

123 North Enola Drive, Enola, PA 17025 

717.909.0710 x118 

877.739.3895 Toll Free       717.909.0714 Fax 

  

collaboration  |  prevention  |  resources 

  

  



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Message: 3 
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:31:59 -0400 
From: "Felty, Wade P." 
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-Our institution, Randolph-Macon College does have an alcohol amnesty policy, 
although we have called it the "Friendly Referral Practice." It was adopted 
in January 2009.  The text is as follows: 


Friendly Referral Practice 
The "friendly referral" policy was adopted by the Dean of Students Office in 
effort to prevent a student's possible hesitation in obtaining assistance 
needed for an intoxicated friend for fear of getting "in trouble." 

In general, this practice means that if one student calls the Office of 
Campus Safety, or informs a Resident Assistant or contacts another College 
office, or emergency services for medical assistance out of concern for 
another's health and safety resulting from alcohol consumption, neither 
student involved will be held judicially responsible. Neither the one who is 
calling for help, nor the one for whom help is being called will be held 
judicially accountable for his/her consumption, instead they will be required 
to meet with the appropriate designee of the Dean of Students to discuss the 
incident. Follow-up education may be required, but an alcohol related charge 
for violation of the Code of Student will not be issued, impacting the 
student's judicial record. 

If other policy violations occurred (e.g., violence, property damage, 
possession of drugs), those issues may be addressed judicially. A student has 
only one "friendly referral" opportunity, should the intoxicated student need 
medical attention due to consumption on a subsequent occasion, any related 
alcohol violations will be addressed judicially. 

For further information concerning this practice please contact the Dean of 
Students. 



-           We have had a separate amnesty policy for sexual assault victims 
for a much longer time (since before I can remember), it is in our "Policy on 
Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Misconduct"  and it states 
"Even if you are under the influence at the time of an incident, you can 
report sexual misconduct, assault or rape without incurring judicial 
sanction. This means that a victim, or anyone helping a victim, can report 
the incident without fear of receiving a judicial referral." 

-           The amnesty policy on sexual assault has been around so long, it 
is non-controversial. There was some resistance when the friendly referral 
practice was being discussed, as some felt it would lead to a sharp increase 
in drinking incidents, or people would drink so much they got sick, so that 
they could then get out of trouble. Others thought we would see the same 
people using it again and again. None of these happened. 

-           I strongly support our friendly referral policy - I helped author 
it. Originally some people only wanted it to only include the people who were 
calling in - not the actual victim, who would still face judicial 
consequences. I felt that this would defeat the purpose, so those of us who 
wanted it to include both caller and victim, won out. This policy has not 
resulted in abuse or over-use. A person who uses it, will get an alcohol 
strike, towards our three-strikes and you're out policy, but not the 
sanctions that go with it. So a second incident, would result in a second 
strike. All they have to do for this is take an alcohol abuse evaluation with 
an outside agency. 

-           You can quote me if necessary. 








Wade Felty 
Wade Felty 
Office of Residence Life & Housing and Judicial Affairs 
Macon Peer Response 
Randolph-Macon College 
(804)-752-3234 (Office) 
(717)-813-3513 (Mobile) 

























I'm interested to hear from you all regarding alcohol amnesty policies on 
campus. I know our colleague Adriane Bang has done some work in this area and 
posted about this a while back, but I'm actually more interested in the 
OPINION side than the actual policies you may or may not have implemented. 
Here are my questions: 



-          Does your school have some type of alcohol amnesty policy? 

(Or have you tried setting one up?) 



-          Does it include specific language regarding victims of sexual 

violence, or is it general (covering any emergency medical situations)? 



-          Have you faced resistance from others on campus in setting 

this up? If so, who and why? 



-          Do you support an alcohol amnesty policy? Are there elements 

of such policy that you do NOT support (e.g., forced alcohol assessments)? 
Please be specific. 



-          Please state if you are willing to be quoted in the National 

Sexual Violence Resource Center's newsletter The Resource, on this topic. 







I'm on a tight deadline for finalizing this article (lest my coworker who 
edits it throws my computer out the window), so the sooner the better! THANK 
YOU! 



Lauren 







E. Lauren Sogor, MPH 



Prevention Campaign Specialist 







National Sexual Violence Resource Center 



123 North Enola Drive, Enola, PA 17025 



717.909.0710 x118 



877.739.3895 Toll Free       717.909.0714 Fax 







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Wade Felty 
Wade Felty 
Office of Residence Life & Housing 
Judicial Affairs 
Randolph-Macon College 
(804)-752-3234 (Office) 
(717)-813-3513 (Mobile) 



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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:03:53 -0500 
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My Associate Director Roberta Gibbons would like to submit the following 
request: 

Can someone direct Roberta to one or more articles in peer reviewed 
journals that speak to premeditation and targeting in acquaintance rape 
situations? She is also looking for recent articles in addition to 
Lisak's Undetected Rapist that have findings on the percentage of men 
who commit sexual assault. Please send responses directly to Roberta's 
e-mail: 

    thank you 

-- 

Jamie C. Tiedemann, M.S. 
Director, The Aurora Center 
University of Minnesota 
407 Boynton-410 Church St. SE. 
Minneapolis, MN  55455 
telephone:  612-626-9988 
Fax:  612-626-9933 
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