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- Title
“I Fear I’m a Checkbox”: College and University Victim Advocates’ Perspectives of Campus Rape Reforms.
- Authors
Moylan, Carrie A.
- Abstract
This study explores campus-based victim advocates’ perspectives on the process of implementing campus rape reforms mandated by federal policy. Interviews with 14 victim advocates and sexual assault prevention specialists were analyzed qualitatively using thematic analysis techniques. Participants described an increased focus on compliance as a means of managing the liability risks associated with inadequate policy implementation. These shifts toward compliance not only increased the motivation to accomplish reform but also limited those reforms by narrowing the focus. Participants described how narrow compliance resulted in decisions that may actually harm victims. Suggestions for improving policy and the implementation process are discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RAPE prevention; PREVENTION of school violence; PSYCHOLOGY of college students; DECISION making; GROUP decision making; INTERVIEWING; MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL protocols; PUBLIC health laws; RESEARCH funding; THEMATIC analysis; DATA analysis software; MEDICAL coding; SEX crimes; SEX crime laws
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 9, p1122
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801216655623