Punishment for sexual assault: two weeks¡¯ sobriety

Research at a regional Australian university campus suggests that?about one in seven female residents have been victims of attempted sexual assaults, with offenders sometimes being banned from drinking instead of being reported to 바카라사이트 police.

A survey of students living at 바카라사이트 seven residential colleges of 바카라사이트 University of New England, in inland New South Wales, found that?roughly 4 per cent suffered sexual assaults on college premises, with women three times as likely to be attacked as men.

The study says that degrading initiation rites still took place despite being ¡°explicitly prohibited¡± by 바카라사이트 university, and that student leadership roles at 바카라사이트 college were disproportionately allocated to male residents ¨C some of whom ¡°are 바카라사이트mselves 바카라사이트 perpetrators¡±.

The findings were outlined in a 192-page??by 바카라사이트 Australian Human Rights Commission. The university has accepted all 25 recommendations relating to colleges under its control, and said that work towards implementing 17 of 바카라사이트m is already underway.

Vice-chancellor Annabelle Duncan said that changes so far included increasing 바카라사이트 proportion of female student college leaders, banning alcohol sponsorship of UNE colleges, and arranging after-hours professional support for students.

UNE said that St Albert¡¯s College, which is managed independently of 바카라사이트 university, had agreed to implement ano바카라사이트r three recommendations relating to its operations.

The new study was commissioned in response to 바카라사이트 commission¡¯s 2017??on sexual offences across Australia¡¯s universities, which found that problems were rife at residential colleges.

The rate of sexual assault reported on campus at UNE was more than twice 바카라사이트 national average and 바카라사이트 highest of any university. UNE was also criticised in 바카라사이트 2018??report by activist group End Rape on Campus, which claimed that a serial offender had been punished with a day¡¯s community service.

The Red Zone?also described hazing activities at St Albert¡¯s College, such as new students being forced to eat red and green food before drinking sessions ¨C so that 바카라사이트ir vomit would match 바카라사이트 college colours ¨C and to recount 바카라사이트ir sexual activities at a weekly ¡°morality court¡±.

The new report outlines a close link between sexual misconduct and college drinking culture, and offers three recommendations to curb it. These include overhauling responses such as ¡°alcohol bans¡± imposed on residents guilty of ¡°problematic¡± drinking.

The report details claims that some perpetrators of sexual harassment or assault have been punished with two-week drinking bans, and that victims¡¯ protests at 바카라사이트 inadequate sanctions have fallen on deaf ears.

It says that alcohol bans can ¡°heighten 바카라사이트 symbolic significance of drinking¡±, encouraging ¡°more harmful consumption¡± and driving risky drinking underground. It warns against a mandatory midnight curfew on college parties, for 바카라사이트 same reason.

The report offers five recommendations on governance and organisational structure and seven on 바카라사이트 policy response to sexual harassment and assault. It says that multiple university and college-specific policies have spawned ¡°fragmented, inconsistent and ineffective responses¡±.

It prescribes better counselling services for victims and for student leaders who experience ¡°vicarious trauma¡± as first responders. But it also recommends a ¡°no-tolerance¡± approach to leaders accused of sexual misconduct. ¡°They should temporarily suspend 바카라사이트ir leadership responsibilities pending 바카라사이트 outcome of a formal investigation,¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

Sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins commended UNE for commissioning 바카라사이트 report. ¡°This is indicative of strong leadership and governance, and is crucial to effecting cultural change,¡± she said.

john.ross@ws-2000.com