Leveraging Data to Strengthen Campus Sexual Assault Policies

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (21) ◽  
pp. 3298-3314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren “LB” Klein ◽  
Laurie M. Graham ◽  
Sarah Treves-Kagan ◽  
Premela G. Deck ◽  
Stephanie M. DeLong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Data Repository ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Campus Sexual Assault ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that existing legislation and guidance on campus sexual assault (CSA) policies had created a “failed system” in institutions of higher education. This announcement raises the question of how CSA legislation and guidance should be evaluated and applied in practice. We believe researchers are well situated to not only leverage data and empirically evaluate the success (or failure) of CSA federal and university policies but also to facilitate development of improved, more effective CSA policy. This commentary first chronicles the pivotal role of federal policy and guidance in driving the collection of CSA data and increasing research efforts in this domain. Second, we present recommendations for increased collaboration among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers aimed at measuring the effectiveness of current CSA policies and promoting data-driven policy. These recommendations focus on (a) establishing a CSA data repository, (b) analyzing existing CSA data to gain knowledge and identify opportunities for improved data collection, and (c) translating and disseminating CSA research to help bridge gaps between research, practice, and policy.

Campus Sexual Assault Policies: A Feminist Policy Analysis Framework

Affilia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-412
Author(s):  
Molly C. Driessen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Task Force ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mandatory Reporting ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Campus Sexual Assault

The purpose of this study is to conduct a feminist-based policy analysis to examine the role of power in campus sexual assault policies. This research investigated the role of power in campus policies that are in response to addressing sexual assault using a feminist policy analysis framework. McPhail’s (2003) Feminist-Based Policy Analysis Framework was used to study the policy-setting documents authored by the United States (U.S.) Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights and White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault that was established in 2014. Together, these documents encompass the federal guidelines for college campuses’ compliance, rights, and responsibility under Title IX. The Framework provides four questions to consider when analyzing the role of power within a policy. Several strengths of the policies are identified as well as tension between the power of institutions versus the power of student survivors, specifically in mandatory reporting policies. Implications for social work research, practice, and policy are explored along with identifying the study’s limitations and future research suggestions.

College Campus Sexual Assault: The Contribution of Peers’ Proabuse Informational Support and Attachments to Abusive Peers

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 922-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter S. DeKeseredy ◽  
Amanda Hall-Sanchez ◽  
James Nolan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Campus Sexual Assault ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
And Control

Since the mid-1980s, researchers across the United States have uncovered high rates of sexual assault among female college students. However, to advance a better understanding of this gendered type of victimization, and to both prevent and control this problem, the research community needs to identify its major correlates. One that is consistently uncovered in North American campus survey work is negative peer support, especially that provided by male peers. Yet, some earlier studies have found that mixed-sex negative peer support, too, contributes to campus sexual assault. Using recent data from the Campus Quality of Life Survey conducted at a large residential school in the South Atlantic region of the United States, the main objectives of this article are to examine the role of mixed-sex negative peer support in campus sexual assault and to identify the groups of women most at risk of having friends who offer such support.

Preventing sexual assault in schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
Charol Shakeshaft
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
The Other ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Victims Of Sexual Abuse ◽  
The U.S

In every state in the U.S., students have been victims of sexual abuse at the hands of teachers and other adults at schools. Charol Shakeshaft asks why educators, policy makers, and others connected with schools haven’t done more to address this problem but have instead looked the other way, sometimes even allowing colleagues to quietly transfer to other schools. Suggesting that everyone is responsible for helping solve the problem, she suggests reforms at the federal, state, and school levels to prevent and respond to sexual abuse.

On the U.S. Budget Deficit Dilemma: Has Television Contributed?

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Ali F. Darrat ◽  
Bill P. Bowers
Keyword(s):  
Budget Deficit ◽  
Federal Budget ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Federal Budget Deficit ◽  
Alternative Measures ◽  
The Media ◽  
Fiscal Conservatism ◽  
Fast Evolution ◽  
The U.S

We advance several theoretical reasons for arguing that expansion in television viewership may have contributed to the recent escalation in the U.S. budget deficit. We then develop a multivariate model to test the validity of the hypothesis using alternative measures of television viewership. The empirical results could not reject our contention that the fast evolution of the U.S. television viewership since the early 1970s has significantly contributed to the escalating size of the federal budget deficit over and above the effects of several other possible macro determinants. This evidence provides some support to the claim that there exists a “liberal” bias within the media (particularly television) that undermines fiscal conservatism. Therefore, it appears advisable for policy-makers to take into account the role of television if they aspire to understand and ultimately control the mounting federal budget deficit.

Foundations of the framework

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gard B. Jenset ◽  
Barbara McGillivray
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Historical Linguistics ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Theoretical Paradigms

Chapter 2 deals with the foundations of the framework outlined in the book. The basic assumptions of the framework are made explicit, and the chapter continues with three main sections on the major principles of the framework, best practices for conducting research within the framework, and a section on data-driven historical linguistics. The section on principles lays down twelve principles underpinning the framework. These principles are referred to throughout the rest of the book, including the case studies. The aim of these principles is to make historical linguistic research more transparent and reproducible, to facilitate communication across different theoretical paradigms, and to allow researchers to tackle complex problems in a systematic way. The best practices section explains additional methodological points, while the final section discusses the role of corpora in historical linguistics research practice.

Campus Sexual Assault: Forging an Action-Focused Research Agenda

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Harris ◽  
Karen J. Terry ◽  
Alissa R. Ackerman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Campus Sexual Assault ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Field Of Inquiry

In recent years, the problem of campus-based sexual assault has emerged as a prominent matter of concern for institutions of higher education. Amid expanded media attention and a shifting policy landscape, many institutions have grappled with programmatic and legal challenges related to systems of investigation and adjudication of sexual assault cases. Meanwhile, many have worked to develop and deploy proactive preventive measures including those involving bystander engagement, peer-driven interventions, sexual assault awareness campaigns, self-defense programs, and the innovative use of social media and other technology. In this context, there is a growing need for high-quality empirical research that can shed light on the extent and nature of campus sexual assault; evaluate existing institutional systems and processes; and promote the development, testing, and evaluation of novel approaches that respond to unmet needs and challenges. As an introduction to a special journal issue devoted to this nascent but rapidly emerging field of inquiry, this article offers context and perspective on the vital role that research can play in the development and advancement of effective policies and strategies to prevent and effectively respond to campus-based sexual assault.

Effective Modalities for Healing from Campus Sexual Assault: Centering the Experiences of Women of Color Undergraduate Student Survivors

2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-272
Author(s):  
JESSICA C. HARRIS ◽  
NADEEKA KARUNARATNE ◽  
JUSTIN A. GUTZWA
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Undergraduate Student ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
White Women ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Campus Sexual Assault ◽  
Intersecting Identities ◽  
Experiences Of Women

In this article, Jessica C. Harris, Nadeeka Karunaratne, and Justin A. Gutzwa examine the modalities Women of Color student survivors perceive as helpful in healing from campus sexual assault. Existing scholarship on healing from campus sexual assault largely relies on the reduction of psychological symptoms of trauma, an understanding that is often race-neutral and founded on the narratives of white women. Centering the experiences of 34 Women of Color undergraduate student survivors, this qualitative study reimagines healing through a race-conscious lens and positions it as a community-oriented and culturally contextual process that is often at odds with the ways US institutions of higher education aim to support survivors of sexual assault on their campuses. The authors’ findings guide implications for how institutions and individuals can account for and support student survivors’ multiple and intersecting identities in their healing journeys and also inform future research that centers minoritized students’ experiences with sexual assault in postsecondary contexts.

Operationalizing Social Work Science Through Research–Practice Partnerships

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence A. Palinkas ◽  
Amy S. He ◽  
Mimi Choy-Brown ◽  
Amy Locklear Hertel
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
And Function

Recent efforts to identify and promote a distinct science for the discipline of social work have led to an ongoing debate regarding the nature and function of such a science. Central to this debate is a lack of consensus as to how to operationalize a social work science. Drawing from the field of implementation science and its application in reducing the gap between research and practice in child welfare and child mental health, this article examines the role of research–practice partnerships in creating and advancing social work science. Through the exercise of cultural exchanges among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and other stakeholders, such partnerships offer the potential to integrate different disciplinary approaches to understanding why populations experience inequity or disadvantage and what to do about it as well as different perspectives on the nature and use of research evidence to achieve such understanding.

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