Dive Brief:
- A task force has come up with seven recommendations for preventing and responding to sexual violence on University of California campuses.
- One of the recommendations is to establish two response teams at each campus: a case management team to discuss reported assaults and a team to coordinate policies for prevention and intervention.
- Another recommendation is to establish system-wide standards for investigating and adjudicating reported sexual harassment and assault incidents.
Dive Insight:
The other recommendations include: Develop a comprehensive training and mandatory education plan, develop a communication strategy to educate the community and raise awareness, and establish a confidential advocacy office for sexual assault and violence survivors that is independent from the investigation and adjudication process. The task force also recommends establishing a website on the issue that can be customized for each campus and gathering data from colleges in the UC system using standardized collection methods.