Community and 2-Year Colleges

Although non-residential colleges have traditionally avoided sexual misconduct issues, students engaging in cyber-stalking, sexual harassment, sexually inappropriate video and photo exchanges and other problems force all colleges to look at their response and prevention strategies surrounding technology-related sexual misconduct. (Fees are payable to Campus Outreach Services)

Topics covered include:
• Key definitions and statistics regarding sexual misconduct
• Introduction to technology-related sexual misconduct
• Social media use that crosses over to sexual misconduct
• Personally owned technological devices versus school-provided devices: different protocols for response?
• Web-cams, sexting, Chatroulette and pornographic uses of school-provided Internet
• Illegal file sharing that is also pornographic and/or involves minors
• Reporting requirements
• Proactive prevention and awareness techniques
• Confiscating personal property suspected in sexual misconduct policy violations

Campus Police: Part 2 Essentials on Sexual Assault and Misconduct Response

Building from Campus Police Training: Part 1, we prepare your campus security and police officers to respond appropriately to the complicated landscape of technology-related incidents of sexual misconduct. (Fees are payable to Campus Outreach Services)

Our campus security directors, sexual assault response specialists and legal experts train your staff with specific examples and interactive case studies covering the following current topics:
• Overview of latest technologies used by students
• Social media uses qualifying as sexual misconduct
• Personally owned technology-devices versus school-provided devices: different protocols for response?
• Webcams and non-consensual recording of sexual activity
• Sexting
• Chat roulette and other potential pornographic uses of school-provided Internet connections
• Illegal file sharing that is also pornographic and/or involves minors
• Reporting requirements to additional authorities
• Proactive prevention and awareness techniques for campus crime prevention officers
• Expectation of privacy on campus
• Pranks and practical jokes versus sexual misconduct, stalking and harassment
• Reporting requirements and chain of command
• Appropriate techniques for confiscating personal property suspected in sexual misconduct policy violations to reduce destruction of key evidence

Campus Police Training: Part 1 Essentials on Sexual Assault and Misconduct Response

Prepare your campus security and police officers to respond appropriately to incidents of sexual misconduct.  This extensive session prepares your frontline to respond to first- and third-party reports of various types of sexual misconduct.  Seasoned campus police chiefs, sexual assault response specialists and legal experts train your staff with specific examples and interactive case studies. (Fees are payable to Campus Outreach Services)

Topics covered:
• Key definitions and statistics
• Sensitivity without side-taking
• Rape Trauma Syndrome
• Victim’s mental state during questioning
• Referrals and follow-ups
• Medical and emotional support options
• The Sexual Assault Victims’ Bill of Rights
• Working with the accused
• Child abuse laws
• Male victims
• Best practices for obtaining optimal reports
• Introduction to technology-related sexual misconduct

Technology and Sexual Misconduct Essentials and Response Training

Ensure your leaders are prepared for the new era of sexual misconduct.  Review essential statistics, definitions and responses in the first ten minutes.  Delve into technology-related sexual misconduct issues, including video phones, sexts, inappropriate sexual content accessed in academic and employment settings, sexual activity filmed non-consensually, rape, exploitation and more.

This comprehensive session expands your knowledge base with legal updates and real-life scenarios that prepare you to respond to reports of various forms of sexual misconduct.  Learn to better inform those you supervise and provide appropriate assistance to students involved in these situations. (Fees are payable to Campus Outreach Services)

Understand common missteps in training and response:
• Actual notice and deliberate indifference
• Failure to act through disbelief
• Allegiance to inaction and informal resolutions
• Failure to understand the technological issues
• Small community
• Confidentiality limitations and privacy expectations
• Retaliation and mitigation of further harm

Campus Threat Assessments

Legal, mental health and campus law enforcement considerations when addressing threats

• Law Enforcement: Public safety concerns, safety plans, notification
• Legal: What is a direct threat? Student voluntary and involuntary withdrawal procedures; suspension or other employment actions
• Mental Health: Various roles mental health providers play in threat assessment

Preventing Violence Against Women on Campus

Hear the leading authority on violence against women on college campuses discuss his findings:

• The prevalence of "non-stranger" rapes
• The frequency of serial offenders
• Investigation and prosecution tactics
• Keys to prevention

The keynote speaker - Dr. David Lisak - is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he conducts and supervises research on the causes and consequences of interpersonal violence.

He was the founding editor of the journal, Psychology of Men and Masculinity; has served as faculty for the National Judicial Education Program, and the American Prosecutors Research Institute; has conducted workshops in more than forty states across the nation; consults widely with universities, the U.S. military, law enforcement and prosecutors on sexual violence and homicide cases across the country; and was recently featured in the CBS News Special Investigation: Rape in America, Justice Denied.

Replay the Webinar.