REPORTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Reporting Sexual Violence over the Past Decades

Reporting Sexual Violence Development over the Past Decades

Introduction

Sexual violence often is a criminal violation subject to prosecution by law enforcement authorities, and may constitute the basis for employee or student discipline. Sexual assault means an actual, attempted, or threatened sexual act with another person without that person's consent, regardless of the person's age. This includes, Forced sexual intercourse, Date rape, Involvement in any sexual act with a person who is not able to give consent, Intentional and unwelcome touching, coercion, forcing, or attempting to force someone to touch a person's intimate parts etc.

Any person with knowledge of a suspected incident of sexual violence should report it as soon as possible. In addition, you are required to report sexual violence if you are a college or university employee with supervisory or student-advising responsibility and you have been informed of sexual violence against an individual on college/university property or related to college/university activities. It is critical that all reporting be done with utmost sensitivity and, to the extent possible, confidentiality. All required reporters must familiarize themselves with their responsibilities and appropriate procedures, including data privacy and confidentiality (Victor& Naughton, 2009).

Discussion

Syracuse University Case on Coach Bernie Fine

Bernie was the Arts in Syracuse since the 1960's, when he was manager of the student for the basketball team, which included a possible Orange coach Jim Boeheim. He graduated in 1967 with a degree in human resources and labor relations. He returned to Syracuse in 1976 as an assistant coach Boeheim recruits new and still is, becoming an assistant in a long strip of the current school. In 2000 he was named associate coach, but it worked in close collaboration with the Syracuse front and center. In the community, Fine is a former president of the Central New York Kidney Foundation. He has a son and two daughters.

The investigation of sexual abuse allegations against Syracuse University associate head basketball coach Bernie Fine accelerated Friday afternoon as a dozen federal agents and Syracuse police searched Fine's home for hours. While the SU men's basketball team played at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Fine was watching authorities search for evidence throughout his $300,000 DeWitt home. Officers from the U.S. Secret Service, Syracuse police and New York State Police converged at about 1:45 p.m. at the 7001 Tiffany Circle home Fine owns across the street from SU head coach Jim Boeheim's house. The crews remained until 9 p.m., with work that included taking pictures, looking through trash and removing three filing cabinets (Silva, 2006).

9th December action signals that federal prosecutors are now partners on the investigation with Syracuse police, which is feuding with the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office, and that federal laws are now available if the case progresses. The search warrant came eight days after allegations became public accusing Fine of sexually abusing two Central New York men, beginning when they were children. One of the men, former SU ball boy Bobby Davis, claimed that ...