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Kate's reply reminded me of another important point. I think reports are operationalized in really different ways depending on the institution. At some colleges and universities, any disclosure is considered a report even if it is to a confidential resource and there is no actionable information. At others, a report is only going into the Annual Security Report if the survivor is choosing to report through a responsible employee or mandated reporter. At others, official reports and disclosures are counted separately. How all of those show up in the ASR seem to vary widely. That said, if a campus has strong confidential resources who are not able to report even aggregate information, the Clery numbers would not increase unless the survivor wanted to file a report. This leads to two challenges: (1) deciding whether to count sexual assaults reported to confidential resources and how to do so with limited information/how to not create a chilling effect or provide information that violates confidentiality and (2) a lot of reports that may not involve any further action because the survivor was simply seeking confidential resources and not any additional action. This can make it hard to tell the difference between universities who are not acting on official reports and those that are taking a survivor-centered approach. From the outside, it can be hard to tell. More qualitative research with survivors and service providers is needed to keep disentangling these issues. Like Kate, I'm grateful that so many folks are thinking about how to do so.

LB Klein, MSW, MPA | she, her, hers

Ph.D. Student, Research Assistant, & Adjunct Faculty | UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work

Fellow | Prevention Innovations Research Center | University of New Hampshire 

TTK 426A | | (919) 533-7380 | Linkedin | @LB_Klein

 

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From: Kate Rohdenburg <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 9:25:17 AM
To: Klein, L.B.; ; Doris Cheung
Cc:
Subject: RE: Looking for research about correlation between student victim services and increased reporting

 

As usual, LB’s response is so helpful and comprehensive.

Just a small comment to say: I worry about defending all reporting and support services just on the face value of a Clery number. What matters – and is more telling – is what happened after the report? What was the process and result and is the campus therefore safer and for whom?

 

Gratitude for all of you doing the work to answer these questions!

 

Kate Rohdenburg, Program Director

Program Center at 38 Bank Street, Lebanon NH

24-hour Crisis Line: 1-866-348-WISE

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From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of Klein, L.B.
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 8:57 AM
To: ; Doris Cheung
Cc:
Subject: Re: Looking for research about correlation between student victim services and increased reporting

 

Hi all,

 

The articles below may be useful to you as you address this critical topic. Also, Clery has a resource that explains what their statistics are and are not, which may be relevant. It's on page 4 of this document: https://clerycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/0618_Understanding-Clery-Statistics.pdf  This piece might also be of interest: https://www.projectknow.com/discover/sexual-assaults-on-campus/

 

I agree with your call on this, but I think it's challenging to measure empirically. Mandated reporting/responsible employees also increased the amount of Clery reports, as has national attention toward campus sexual assault as well as student activism. There are also noti current rating systems for the quality of sexual assault prevention programs, outreach, etc. I think that this would be valuable to further unpack as a field, but it would require a large, multi-institutional study. If anyone has the resources to take that on, I'd love to take part! If this is research that already exists or is pending, I'd love to hear about it, and it is so needed. 

 

Burgess-Proctor, A., Pickett, S. M., Parkhill, M. R., Hamill, T. S., Kirwan, M., & Kozak, A. T. (2016). College women’s perceptions of and inclination to use campus sexual assault resources: Comparing view of students with and without victimization histories. Criminal Justice Review, 41(2), 204-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734016816634786

DeLoveh, H. L. M., & Cattaneo, L. B. (2017). Deciding where to turn: A qualitative investigation of college students’ helpseeking decisions after sexual assault. American Journal of Community Psychology, 59(1-2), 65-79. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12125

Fedina, A. R., Holmes, J., & Backes, B. (2016). Campus sexual assault: A systematic review of prevalence research from 2000 to 2015. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838016631129

Gardella, J. H., Nichols-Hadeed, C. A., Mastrocinque, J. M., Stone, J. T., Coates, C. A., Sly, C. J., & Cerulli, C. (2015). Beyond Clery Act statistics: A Closer look at college victimization based on self-report. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 30(4), 640-658. https://doi.org/10.1177/088626051453257 

Gerstein, R. & Gerstein, L. (2015). Sexual violence on campus: Survey results reveal ‘insufficient progress’ being made in sexual violence reporting. Campus Safety and Student Development, 16(3), 53-56.

Sabina, C., & Ho, L. Y. (2014). Campus and college victim responses to sexual assault and dating violence: Disclosure, service utilization, and service provision. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 15(3), 201-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838014521322

Stotzer, R. L., & MacCartney, D. (2015). The role of institutional factors on on-campus reported rape prevalence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 31(16), 2687-2707. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515580367

Yung, C. R. (2015). Concealing campus sexual assault: An empirical examination. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000037

 

My best, 

LB

 

LB Klein, MSW, MPA | she, her, hers

Ph.D. Student, Research Assistant, & Adjunct Faculty | UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work

Fellow | Prevention Innovations Research Center | University of New Hampshire 

TTK 426A | | (919) 533-7380 | Linkedin | @LB_Klein

 

 

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From: <> on behalf of Doris Cheung <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 8:23:15 AM
To:
Cc:
Subject: Re: Looking for research about correlation between student victim services and increased reporting

 

I'm very interested in getting more information on this as well. Thanks.

 

Doris Cheung, Ph.D., C.A.
Case Manager & Advocate
Office of the Dean of Students
Binghamton University
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
607-777-2804

 

 

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 3:54 AM Chad Sniffen <> wrote:

I have, for many years, adhered to the idea that a campus with higher rates of sexual assault reported in its Clery statistics is likely to have better services for student survivors, better outreach and education programs, and better reporting mechanisms than a similar campus with few or no reported assaults in their Clery statistics. So, the better a campus is at providing services and communicating about sexual violence, the higher its reporting rate.

 

I am currently in a position where I have to support this idea with a citation. Is anyone on the SAPC list aware of any kind of formal research or studies that have looked at the correlation between student victim services, campus education efforts, and reporting rates?

 

Many thanks for your time considering this question.

 

Thank you,

Chad

 

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