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["Bernstein, Lauren (LB)" <>]

Hi all,

The Red Zone period is less about reporting and more about prevalence.  Of course, reporting is far lower than prevalence, even on campuses that have proactively worked to increase the number of students coming forward. 

For campus-specific data, I would suggest looking at your AlcoholEdu metrics, if you use AlcoholEdu or a similar program. They tend to ask about sexual touching without consent at the six week mark, which would likely give you high numbers for those first year students (particularly if you stratify females), based on my consultation with other campuses.  As this is a requirement on many college campuses for first year students to register, you tend to have a very high response rate.  

I would suggest reading Flack et al's "The Red Zone: Temporal Risk for Unwanted Sex Among College Students," published in 2008 in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Kimble et al "Risk of Unwanted Sex for College Women: Evidence for the Red Zone, published in 2008 in the Journal of American College Health, as they specifically refer to the red zone phenomenon.

My best, 

LB

Lauren (LB) Bernstein, LMSW | Assistant Director for the Respect Program

Office of Health Promotion | Emory University Student Health and Counseling Services

Phone: 404-727-1514| Fax: 404-712-1519 | 

respect.emory.edu | 1525 Clifton Road, 103-I, Atlanta, GA 30322

 

The Respect Program engages the Emory community to prevent & respond to sexual assault & relationship violence as part of the Office of Health Promotion, which facilitates student learning, engagement, and well-being and collaborating for a healthy and socially just campus environment.  

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From: Brett Sokolow []
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 7:03 AM
To: Felty, Wade P.
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Subject: Re: Red Zone Statistics/Freshman

There aren't any. It's an anecdote that took on empirical proportions. For most campuses September and April see spikes in reporting. Check your clery stats for clusters of reporting going back a number of years and a trend might emerge. 

Brett A. Sokolow, Esq.

President & CEO, The NCHERM Group, LLC. 

Executive Director, NABITA

Executive Director, ATIXA

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On Sep 19, 2013, at 12:23 AM, "Felty, Wade P." <> wrote:

Colleagues,

 

We are preparing the way for Bystander Intervention training and I wanted to insert information about the Red Zone/Freshman. I have searched high and low on the Internet and my collected literature and although I find assertions everywhere about the increased likelihood of sexual assault during the Red Zone, I cannot find the statistics on just how much more elevated the risk is or how often it occurs during the Red Zone. Any guidance on where I can find this would be greatly appreciated, because I want to make sure the Freshman realize how “real” the risk of sexual assault is and how applicable their training could be.

 

Wade

 

Wade Felty

Wade Felty

Office of Residence Life & Housing and Judicial Affairs

Assistant Sexual Assault Response Coordinator

Randolph-Macon College

(804)-752-3234 (Office)

(717)-813-3513 (Mobile 1)

(804)-441-4187 (Mobile 2)

 

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