The Blueprint Can Be Found Here
The Huffington Post
3.1.16 | Tyler Kingkade
The guide by researchers and police aims to improve any law enforcement agency's response to campus sex crimes.
A new guide created by University of Texas researchers and campus police could significantly improve how law enforcement responds to rape cases involving college students.
The Blueprint for Campus Police, developed at the UT-Austin Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, lays out a victim-centered process designed to increase successful prosecutions of offenders and vastly reduce the trauma such crimes can have on survivors. The document, to be released Tuesday, was primarily created for the 600 UT campus police officers, but it's being published so any agency can adopt it.
"What we're asking campuses to do is lead the nation in a culture shift," said the institute's director, Noël Busch-Armendariz. She said the document was "the best way" a major research university could serve the public.
Heightened public attention on college sexual assault in recent years often has focused on how universities have mishandled rape cases. Activists have said they believe police often fail to believe assault victims or aggressively investigate. These law enforcement shortcomings often allow perpetrators to go unpunished.
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