appendix e

ucsc policies

sex offense policy
appendix e: education and support

The University is committed to providing education and support for students, staff, and academic appointees concerning sex offense issues. Following is an inexhaustive listing of the types of educational and support efforts that can be found on campus and their sponsoring agencies:

1. Counseling and Psychological Services
Counseling and Psychological Services offers crisis and short term counseling, which is completely confidential. They also sponsor specialized counseling groups, such as the following, which meet regularly:

Adult Children of Alcoholics
Women's Group
Men's Group
Coed Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Depression Group
Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse

2. Individual Residential Colleges and Othe Residential Facilities
In addition to using the resources of the Counseling and Psychological Services and others, the residential colleges and other residential faciltiies provide a variety of training and programming events that increase awareness in the areas of rape prevention, acquaintance rape, and sexual harassment. Staff members from the various college offices meet regularly to share resources and coordinate programming in the above-mentioned areas. These include the following:

a. training of residential life staff in the areas mentioned above;
b. a required orientation meeting for incoming students;
c. sponsorship of self-defense classes;
d. workshops on safer sex and communication;
e. workshops on alcohol and other drug use and abuse;
f. crime prevention workshops and flyers;

3. Rape Prevention Education Office
The Rape Prevention Education Office offers a variety of workshops and information sessions throughout the year for the entire campus community, such as:

New student orientations: educational presentations offered to all colleges on the subjects of sex and communication; acquaintance rape; campus safety; resources for safety.
On-going evening workshops on sex and communication; recognizing and preventing the dynamics of acquaintance rape.
Evening and lunch hour film series and discussions.
Workshops by request on assertiveness for personal safety.
Lectures by request: showing films, videos and leading discussions in professors' classes.
Brochures, posters, pamphlets, booklets distributed to all students on rape: definition, dynamics, prevention, resources.
Self-defense classes.

4. Title IX/SHO
The Title IX/Sexual Harassment Officer (SHO) is responsible for receiving and investigating all reports & complaints of sexual harassment and sexual assault (filed by students, employees, and visitors) and is available to discuss options, provide advice, and explain University policies and procedures.

The Title IX/Sexual Harassment Officer is responsible for providing education and training to all students, faculty, and staff. A sexual harassment training plan is available from the Title IX/SHO Office.

5. University Police
Sexual assaults and rapes must be reported to the University Police if the victim desires prosecution through the criminal justice system.

6. The UCSC Student Peer Advocates and Educators On Sexual Harassment are available to provide informative, theatrical, and relevant educational sessions to all students. College residential staff and faculty are encouraged to invite the Peer Advocates and Educators to make presentations, facilitate discussion, and provide information about peer to peer communication issues.

Amended 2001