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["Hotvedt, Carmen" <>]

Hi all:

 

Can someone point me in the right direction regarding how an institution should manage potential duplicate crime statistics reports as well as the privacy of the victim/s? 

 

I seem to remember there being some guidance or best practice on this at some point in the past five years that reinforced that proxy reports containing no victim names should not be looked into further (i.e., calling the staff who filed the report and compelling them to divulge more information like the name of the victim) in order to avoid duplication.  Clery crimes reports absolutely should be reviewed for duplication, but not at the expense of violating the confidentiality of the victim, yes?

 

Case study example:  a sa victim discloses to three or four CSAs, and all fill crime stat reports.  The reports vary just enough that the crime stat staff cannot fully discern if there were multiple separate assaults on multiple students or one incident with multiple CSA reports.  In this case, what is the guidance on how a the crime stat compilers/ASR reporters should proceed? 

 

I cannot find this particular piece of guidance though have reviewed a few ASRs that address this very issue in policy.  Can someone point in the direction of any guidance or other discussion? 

 

Thanks—please feel to respond off list!

Carmen Hotvedt
Violence Prevention Specialist
University Health Services
UW-Madison

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