Thursday, August 4, 2011

University of Virginia's sexual assault guide for students has a section for accused students . . . but read it

Scrolling through a sexual assault guide issued to students at the University of Virginia, I noticed a section about how victims of sexual assault are afforded all manner of assistance, treatment and care. Among other things it says: "We recognize how difficult it is to seek help and redress, whether through criminal, civil, or internal University procedures, and will provide support to survivors as they see fit."

Right beneath that is a section called "FOR ACCUSED STUDENTS," and I assumed it would be geared toward advising accused students of their options and rights. Instead, it seemed only to allow for the possibility that the accused students are guilty and in need of counseling because they are abusive. (It mentions "CAPS," which stands for the Student Health’s Counseling and Psychological Services.)

The greatest need an accused student has, of course, is for legal assistance, and nowhere is such assistance specifically mentioned.

See the section for accused students below:

11 comments:

slwerner said...

Well, I suppose it could be worse.

They could have entitled the section FOR MALE STUDENTS, and included language to the effect that ”As a male, you will likely abuse some women at some point during your academic career…unless you recognize this eventuality and go to CAPS to be indoctrinated against your natural tendency to abuse women”

Anonymous said...

The gender-Raunch campus community gain "Empowerment" through manufacturing hysteria, and misinformation.

Anonymous said...

perfectly in line with DOE policy. Just assume that accused = guilty, and help the oppressive aggressor deal with the fact that he's a member of the oppressive aggressive overclass.

slwerner said...

"The greatest need an accused student has, of course, is for legal assistance, and nowhere is such assistance specifically mentioned."

This might be due to the fact that their policy for their Kangaroo Court does not allow the accused male student to have legal representation.

As I recall, this has been the case at a number of schools.

And, yep, there it is on page 7 of the brochure:

"The accused student’s advisor may
be an assistant dean, a counselor from CAPS, or a faculty member from another unit at the University."


So, the guy accused of rape can have as his advisor the someone from the same CAP organization that instructs him that he is an abuser.

Talk about having the deck stacked against you.

Anonymous said...

Pork bloating, we need more pork bloating!!

Archivist said...

Students wrongly accused of rape should always get legal representation even if counsel is not permitted to actively participate in the disciplinary proceeding.

zarko said...

Students wrongly accused of rape should always get legal representation even if counsel is not permitted to actively participate in the disciplinary proceeding.

They are TRYING to convince the students wrongly accused to not get competent counsel.

I understand that they can violate all sorts of entries in the Bill of Rights. But it is your right as a human being to be able to bring a lawyer into any proceedings of this sort.

They might not allow you to use any of the other provisions (confront opposing witnesses), but bringing your own counsel and providing your own witnesses should be forced down their throats.

The politically correct university advisers are spineless, weak, and often stupid.

slwerner, do you think it would work? They don't allow a lawyer, you bring one, citing your rights as a human being and citizen of a "civilized" and "democratic" country?

Anonymous said...

The campus gender-raunch community want to deal with rape accusations in their own little "pervert courts", instead of a court of law.
In these campus pervert courts...truth is irrelevant.
The US constitution calls for certain type of courts, and these campus pervert courts are un-constitutional.

ZimbaZumba said...

This is Medieval justice akin to the Inquisition. They even quote the 1 in 4 statistic later.

No wonder so few men go to University.

Ex-Prof said...

1-in-4, eh?

UVA reported sexual assaults:

2007: 4
2008: 7
2009: 5
Average: 5.33

Female Undergraduate Enrollment: approx. 7,700

Female Graduate Enrollment: approx. 3,000

Even if we assume that those 5.33 per year are, indeed, actual sexual assaults...

Chances of being sexually assaulted at UVA: 1-in-2,007

Archivist said...

Right, ex-Prof.

To see a similar analysis, check out Chad Hermann's destruction of the one-in-four myth:

http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/opinion/the-radical-middle/27667--one-in-one-thousand-eight-hundred-seventy-seven