Kristen Lombardi, Sexual Assault on Campus. The Center for Public Integrity. 1 December 2009. “Students found ‘responsible’ for sexual assaults on campus often face little or no punishment from school judicial systems, while their victims’ lives are frequently turned upside down, according to a year-long investigation by the Center for Public Integrity. Administrators believe the sanctions administered by the college judiciary system are a thoughtful way to hold abusive students accountable, but the Center’s probe has discovered that “responsible” findings rarely lead to tough punishments like expulsion — even in cases involving alleged repeat offenders.” Multi-part series of articles.
December 1, 2009
Sexual Assault on Campus
December 1, 2009 Filed Under: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Education, Law, Sexual Abuse/Assault/Harassment, Women's Rights/Domestic Abuse Tagged With: brett sokolow (national center on higher education risk management, derek kravitz, diane rosenfeld (harvard law professor who specializes in title ix law), family educational rights and privacy act (ferpa), international association of campus law enforcement administrators, office of civil rights at the federal department of education, security on campus inc. (a college safety watchdog group), sheila coronel, steve coll, student press law center, the clery act, title ix, u.s. department of education, u.s. department of justice, university of virginia's sexual assault board, victim rights law center in boston, walter bogdanich