Citation

Cantalupo NC. Trauma Violence Abuse 2014; 15(3): 227-241.

Affiliation

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, USA cantalun@law.georgetown.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1524838014521323

PMID

24626456

Abstract

This review brings together both the legal literature and original empirical research regarding the advisability of amending the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act or creating new Department of Education regulations to mandate that all higher education institutions survey their students approximately every 5 years about students' experiences with sexual violence. Legal research conducted regarding the three relevant federal legal regimes show inconsistent incentives for schools to encourage victim reporting and proactively address sexual violence on campus. Moreover, the original research carried out for this article shows that the experience of institutions that have voluntarily conducted such surveys suggests many benefits not only for students, prospective students, parents, and the general public but also for schools themselves. These experiences confirm the practical viability of a mandated survey by the Department of Education.

Language: en