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

[Briana Conway <>]

Thank you for this important conversation and resource sharing!  I agree with Claire’s perspective in many aspects. I think  separate from restorative justice, for this initiative to be successful, it would have to be “Psycho-Educational” sessions focused on reducing recidivism with curriculum developed/delivered by treatment providers with a background in the treatment of problem sexual behavior.   I think advocates have a real opportunity for victim empathy curriculum development if is a partnership.  

 

For 4 years, prior to joining a campus, I worked with in CT on the Sex Offender Supervision Unit, a partnership between Adult Probation, CATSO certified Treatment Providers (which are key), and Victim Advocates.   The psychoeducational treatment that offenders underwent, has some really strong educational criteria  and was built off a lot of reducing recidivism research in US and Canada.   Most states have a special credential that licensed providers can get for the treatment of problem sexual behavior in CT it was  http://www.theconnectioninc.org/community-justice-services/    in CA its http://www.casomb.org/docs/REVISION%20OF%20PROVIDER%20CERTIFICATION%20REQUIREMENTS%20-%20TOPICS%208-23-13.pdf

 

 

Best,

Briana

 

 

 

From: Kaplan, Claire Naomi (cnk2r) [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 10:02 AM
To: ; Zachary Friedman
Subject: Re: Educational sanction for gender-based misconduct

 

Hi All,

 

I become very wary when I hear people discussing “educational sanctions.”  I don’t think that there is a comparison when discussing substance abuse, since largely those cases do not involve intentional harming of another (in particular, felonies of a violent nature).  By its very nature, sexual misconduct involves harming others in a way that has a permanent impact.  So can some cases involving substance abuse and violent behavior not of a sexual nature, but we all know that sexual assault in particular has far more serious emotional consequences than other violent crimes, even when the violence isn’t egregious by comparison.  So if I sound snippy about this, it’s because there is no way to reduce sexual assault or intimate partner violence to the level of a drunken brawl or even public drunkenness, whether or not alcohol or other drugs are present.  I have a friend and colleague (now retired) who was our go-to-therapist for treating perpetrators (he used evidence-based methods).  He came to the conclusion that almost none of the young men (and they were all men) who were referred to him were serious about change or interested going beyond the minimum required for readmission.

 

That being said, I do think that there is promise in restorative justice, which is not the same thing as educational sanctions.  I’ve attached an article by a former student that might be of interest.

 

Best,

Claire Kaplan

 

 

 

 

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Claire Kaplan, Ph.D.

Program Director, Gender Violence & Social Change

Maxine Platzer Lynn Women's Center

University of Virginia

(434) 982-2774 Voice

(434) 982-2901 Fax

http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/gender-violence-and-social-change/

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From: Zachary Friedman <>
Date: Monday, March 14, 2016 at 10:52 AM
To: Sexual Assault Program Coordinators' Listserv <>
Subject: Educational sanction for gender-based misconduct

 

Hi all,

 

I am a Title IX investigator at Columbia University and am new to the listserv. I am working on a particular project, and Maria Wydra kindly suggested that I post here in my search for input/collaboration.

 

I've seen a need for an educational sanction program for Gender-Based Misconduct. I believe the interests of the accused, accuser, and the overall community would be better served if there were a constructive alternative (or adjunct) to the adversarial resolution process.

 

Have people in this group been working on anything toward this end? If so, I would love to hear what kind of progress you have made so far.

 

I've thought, given the ubiquity and empirical effectiveness of BASICS for drugs and alcohol, it makes sense to model a program from BASICS' components (harm reduction, personalized feedback, brief motivational interview). So far I've developed a prototype, but am struggling on next steps, as this is an independent project - not something anyone has requisitioned of me.

 

I would love to hear from anyone with any thoughts on this. Thanks so much!

Zachary Friedman

Title IX Investigator

Student Conduct and Community Standards

Columbia University

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