sexual assault: courageous conversations and bystander intervention
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Chief Tom Tremblay (Ret) Tom Tremblay Consulting & Training www.tomtremblayconsulting.com
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Activism & Outrage
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Courageous Conversations: 1
• What is the University doing to eliminate sexual harassment / sexual assault, prevent its recurrence, and address its effects?
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Report on the AAU Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct, page ix
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Prevalence of Sexual Assault • Historically most sexual violence is committed
by men directed at women…
• Equity & Inclusion: our response must be culturally relevant and inclusive of diverse communities, identities, underserved and/or marginalized populations
• LGBTQ victimization – Need to better understand their experiences and work in partnership to address their concerns and safety
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Harvard President Faust’s StatementSeptember 21, 2015
“…The prevalence of sexual assault represents a deeply troubling problem for Harvard, for colleges and universities more broadly, and for our society at large… “…Sexual assault is intolerable, and we owe it to one another to confront it openly, purposefully, and effectively. This is our problem…”
h"p://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2015/
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The head of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks did remarkable something on Tuesday: He admitted his school had not handled sexual assault cases well, and apologized for it…
h"p://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/college-president-apology-sexual-assault_5628fc90e4b0443bb562ddc0
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Are We Working TOGETHER?
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White House Task Force: Model MOU
Building Partnerships among Law Enforcement Agencies, Colleges and Universities: Developing a Memorandum of Understanding to Prevent and Respond Effectively to Sexual Assaults at Colleges and Universities www.whitehouse.gov/.../white_house_task_force_law_enforcement_mou.pdf
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Best Practices for Investigations
• MDT – Community Coordinated
• Trauma informed training and policy
• Internal audits: data collection and analysis
• After action case reviews
• External Review / External Review Teams
• Recognize and support employees doing this difficult work – institutional support and self care
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Courageous Conversations: 2
What is the role of Alcohol in sexual assault – are we looking at alcohol objectively?
DrinkingisNotACrime–RapeIs13
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Report AAU Survey: “Risk Factors” Page ix
• “… the use of alcohol and drugs…” • First year students:“…may experience
higher risk because they are not as familiar with situations that may lead to sexual assault…”
Lets change the lens: “Offenders often target persons they believe are most vulnerable…”
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“Alcohol as a weapon”
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Alcohol as weapon and a shield… Alcohol can be used as a WEAPON against victims to make them vulnerable and to diminish their credibility
Alcohol can be used as a SHIELD to blame victim behavior and excuse offender behavior
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Courageous Conversations: 3
Are we examining male dominated cultures – are we looking at male dominated cultures objectively?
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If 95% of men do not sexually assault what role are they playing in awareness and prevention? We have to make boys and men part of the solution!
WinonaStateUniv.StudentLedAwareness
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Normalizing and
Promoting Rape
is not part of the solution!
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“In Luring Rape Bait”
h?p://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23636290/ga-tech-frat-brother-sends-out-email-on-how-to-get-a-girl
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Courageous Conversations: 4
We need bystanders who can have “courageous conversations to help address the “thought process” and change the message!
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Changing the message… • The Impact of
Language! • Are we speaking
accurately about sexual assault?
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Changing the message… Inaccurate:
“Alleged victim”
“Alleged sexual assault”
“The accuser”
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Accurate:
“Victim / Complainant”
“Reported sexual assault”
The state is the “accuser” in the criminal justice system. The university is the “accuser” for the code of conduct violation
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Changing the Message…
Most prevention efforts have not addressed offender behavior
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Changing the Message…
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Leaders Wanted
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Chief Tom Tremblay (Ret) Tom Tremblay Consulting & Training www.tomtremblayconsulting.com
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