Sanctioning

Making a recommendation Preliminary meeting, student accepts

responsibility

Formal hearing, student is found responsible

What will… best serve the community? best serve the impacted individuals? best serve the student?

Formula I recommend {sanction} for {student}

because {reason}. I recommend eCHUG for Jason because this is his

first-time offense and he meets the criteria for low-risk alcohol use.

I recommend community service for Janet because she agreed she wants to give back to the community and become more involved.

I recommend the re-inspection fee for Fred because he covered his smoke detector with a plastic bag.

How it works You recommend a sanction

Based on your interaction with the student and training

Eric decides Based on educational judgment and precedent

Student is notified Via secure electronic message

Student can appeal To determine whether the sanction(s) imposed were

appropriate for the violation of the Code which the student was found to have committed.

Disciplinary record Record includes all sanctions issued, their

completion status

Incomplete, overdue sanctions result in a registration & transcript stop

Externally, sanctions are not reported out

The unsanction

Warning

Warning You are warned your conduct was not

acceptable. Future violations will result in additional disciplinary action.

Use when the conversation with the student was sufficient, no additional outcomes are needed.

Substance use-related sanctions

eCHUG, risk reduction, mandated substance abuse counseling, parental notification

Substance use-related sanctionseCHUG

Risk reduction

Mandated substance abuse counseling

Parental notification

Goals Challenge misperceptions

regarding college alcohol use

When motivation is low, employ strategies that increase motivation to change substance use behavior

When motivation is high, provide tools to change substance use behavior

Promote low-risk substance use

eCHUG Use for first-time low-risk alcohol-related

violations

Web-based feedback tool + meeting w/ health educator (Willie Bannister or Virginia Plummer)

KEYWORDS: alcohol, first offense, low-risk

Risk reduction Use for high-risk first-time alcohol-related

violation, or when eCHUG has already been used, first drug-related violation

Two meetings, 2 weeks apart, with an on-campus counselor (Willie Bannister or Virginia Plummer) 1st: intake, substance use history, encourage change,

develop harm reduction plan 2nd meeting: debrief, additional resources

KEYWORDS: alcohol, drugs, high-risk, repeat offense

Mandated substance abuse counseling Last resort sanction after risk reduction for

alcohol- and drug-related violations

Long-term relationship with an off campus counselor for individual and group therapy

KEYWORDS: alcohol, drugs, high-risk, intensive, repeat offense

Parental notification Automatic on second alcohol-related

violations+, all drug-related violations Eric sends a letter addressed to student’s

parents Student is given the opportunity to object

before letter is sent. Must be a compelling argument as to why

sending the letter would be detrimental

KEYWORDS: automatic, alcohol, repeat offense

Assessing Risk

Low to moderate risk High risk Non drinker Drinks less than 4

drinks (female) or 5 drinks (male) per occasion

Experiences no or few consequences

Practices protective behaviors

Drinks more than 4 drinks (female) or more than 5 drinks (male) per occasion

Mixing alcohol with other drugs- prescription or illegal

Experiences negative consequences

Ashley Firstime18 year old female

First semester in school

Accepts responsibility for “use or possession of alcoholic beverages under the age of 21”

Reports this was her first time drinking alcohol

I am a first year, female student. I never drank alcohol before coming to college. My roommate and I went to a guy’s room to meet some people. The guy offered me a mixed drink, I took it. We played a drinking game. Over 2 hours I had three mixed drinks. Everyone in the room was drinking, I did not want to be the only one without a drink. I never saw the drinks being made. The RA knocked on the door because we were being too loud and I got written up. My roommate took me home. I did not have any trouble walking and I didn’t get sick. The next morning I had a headache, I guess it was a hang over.

Bobby Bigdrinker20 year old male

Third year, on the baseball team, in a fraternity

Accepts responsibility for “use or possession of alcoholic beverages under the age of 21”

Typically drinks each weekend night, 4-5 beers, sometimes also does shots, plays beer pong

Had a violation for “residence life policies (in the presence of underage alcohol consumption)” his first year

I am a third year, male student. I drink alcohol socially and while watching sports. I invited some people to my apartment as a start of the year thing. I drank 5 beers over 3 hours. We were playing beer pong when the RA knocked on the door, I guess because we were too loud. If the RA hadn’t broken things up I probably would have had another beer, plus whatever I drank during beer pong, then some friends and I would have gone out to a club.

Values development sanctions

values clarification, mandated community service, moral reasoning exercise

Values developmentValues clarification

Mandated community service

Moral reasoning exercise

Goals Connect values with actions

Reflect on behavior

Make commitment to change

Values clarification 2 disciplinary counseling sessions

Reflect on incident, conduct meeting, desired goals, values

Homework assignment related to values and living a values-driven life

KEYWORDS: reflection, values

Mandated community service 2 Volunteer Emory service trips

Values clarification book ends service Modified homework

Reading on privilege Service reflection

KEYWORDS: giving back, privilege, values

Moral reasoning exercise Self-guided, written reflection activity

Intentionally evaluate behavior through a moral lens

Construct a hypothetical violation, then discuss how it should be addressed

KEYWORDS: reflection, self-directed, values

Restorative sanctions

letter of apology, mediation, restitution

Restorative sanctionsLetter of apology

Mediation

Restitution

Goals Improve

Empathy Understanding of impact of actions

on others

Repair damage To community, to victim

Restore relationships

Letter of apology Authentic expression of remorse, willingness

to take responsibility

Repair relationship and restore trust

KEYWORDS: authenticity, remorse, relationship, trust

Mediation Facilitated meeting between two or more

parties

Allow parties to express their perspective and feelings, improve understanding between parties, rebuild relationships and trust

Can result in an agreement to take some follow-up action

KEYWORDS: agreement, facilitated, feelings, perspective, relationships, trust, understanding

Restitution You break it, you buy it

Pay for cost of clean-up, repair, replacement of property. Residence halls: billed to student account Other: collected by bank/cashier’s check

Residence halls: charges that represent immediate action taken are collected as restitution (e.g., cleaning up bodily fluids, replacing a broken window, repairing a hole in the wall). All other charges go through end of the year damage billing.

KEYWORDS: clean-up, damage, repair, replacement

Status sanctions

housing probation, university probation, loss of privilege

Status sanctionsHousing probation

Disciplinary probation

Loss of privilege

Goals Heighten awareness of conduct

Restrict access to opportunities based on nature violation

Provide logical progression to removal from on-campus housing and/or suspension, if behavior continues

Other sanctions

Other sanctions Anger management

Off-campus counseling for aggressive behavior

Campus Engagement Try out a number of organizations, report back on the experience. For un-

or under-involved students

Educational projects Design a bulletin board, plan a program, write a reflection paper

RA shadowing Better understand the role of the RA in the community

Re-inspection fee $200 charge for tampering with any fire safety equipment: covering smoke

detector with plastic bag, pulling fire alarm, discharging fire extinguisher (when there is no fire)