To diminish crime and violence against women on the Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) campus by establishing a comprehensive prevention program that supports and protects women.

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In a nationwide survey by Security on Campus Inc., 59% of college students reported that they, a close friend, or relative had been a victim of domestic violence. One of five college students reported at least one incident of abuse in his/her relationships. 

Domestic violence against women is an American epidemic. It is the leading cause of injury to women ages 15 - 44 in the United States.   Domestic Violence is used by one person in a relationship aimed at controlling the other.  Partners may be married, living together, dating, heterosexual, gay or lesbian.  Acts of Domestic Violence include such behaviors as:

Abuse

Intimidation

Assault

Rape

Harassment

Stalking

ABUSE

“Domestic abuse" includes but is not limited to verbal, physical, and/or economic treats of harm or attacks against person or property.

        Examples of Abuse include but are not limited to:

·                     Pushing, hitting, slapping, choking, kicking, or biting

·                     Threats of injury to you, your family, or pets

·                     Public embarrassment or humiliation

·                     Forcing you to have sex or to perform sexual acts

·                     Preventing you from seeing your friends, family or engaging activities

INTIMIDATION

The act of making afraid - To force or deter with threats or violence, to include looks, actions, gestures, smashing things, destroying property, abusing pets, displaying weapons.

Intimidation is the use of violence, force, or threats with the intent to influence another person’s conduct.
 

ASSAULT

Assault is an attempt to commit a battery, or the intentional placing of one’s hands on another in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.
 

Simple assault is an assault committed without a dangerous weapon.

Aggravated assault with a firearm is an assault committed by the discharge of a firearm.

RAPE

Rape is the act of anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse with a male or female person committed without the person's lawful consent.

Emission is not necessary, and any sexual penetration, when the rape involves vaginal or anal intercourse, however slight, is sufficient to complete the crime.

Oral sexual intercourse means the intentional engaging in any of the following acts with another person:

     (1) The touching of the anus or genitals of the victim by the offender using the mouth or tongue of the offender; or

     (2) The touching of the anus or genitals of the offender by the victim using the mouth or tongue of the victim.

HARASSMENT

Harassment refers to unwelcome visits, calls, and/or sexual advances, to include: following you; checking up on you, refusing to leave when asked, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.

Harassment can occur in a variety of circumstances, including but not limited to the following:

• The victim as well as the harasser may be female or male. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex.
• The victim does not have to be the person harassed but could be anyone affected by the offensive conduct.
• Unlawful sexual harassment may occur without economic injury to or discharge of the victim.
• The harasser's conduct must be unwelcome.

STALKING

Stalking is the willful, malicious, and repeated following or harassing of another person that would cause a reasonable person to feel alarmed or to suffer emotional distress.

Stalking shall include, but not be limited to, the willful, malicious, and repeated uninvited presence of the perpetrator at another person's home, workplace, school, or any place which would cause a reasonable person to be alarmed, or to suffer emotional distress as a result of verbal or behaviorally implied threats of death, bodily injury, sexual assault, kidnapping, or any other statutory criminal act to herself/himself or any member of her/his family or any person with whom she/he is acquainted.

• a comprehensive prevention and intervention project dedicated to eliminating violence against women on SUBR campus. 

• the nucleus for addressing and educating the SUBR community (students, staff, administrators, etc.) about crime and violence against women and relative societal problems.

• under girds the institution’s overall strategic/ systematic process to reduce violence.

Ø        Establishment and enforcement of policies and procedures that support and protect women

• SUBR student’s and employee’s code of conduct

• Criminal protocols for identifying crimes, collecting evidence, and litigating reports

• Advocating SUBR, local, and state laws and judicial procedures

Ø        Mandated training of all pertinent SUBR personnel

• Type of training:

  • Identification, Response, and Reporting of crimes

  • Interviewing victims and witnesses

Ø        Crisis Information Center

• Library of literature on the types, nature, prevalence, and impact of crimes against women

• SUBR, local, and state resources and services

• Current SUBR, local, and state projects/programs

• Victim Escort Service (accompanying victims to hospital, shelters, court, police, etc.)

• Referral Services (specific to client’s need)

• Assistance in developing a “Safety Plan”

• Mediating class schedules/instructors, housing, etc.

• Volunteerism opportunities

Ø        Education & Awareness

• “Violence Against Women Prevention Curriculum”

• Faculty and student workshops/seminars

• Increase nonviolence attitudes

• Encourage the reporting of crime

• Advocate for accessibility of services for all populations

  • Immigrants

  • Gays and lesbians

  • Individuals with disabilities

Ø        Crisis Hotline - 24 hour

The Crisis Hotline provides confidential assistance to SUBR students. A trained advocate who can provide crisis intervention, support, and referrals to campus, local and/or state services will answer the hotline. The Crisis Hotline will help create a seamless system among SUBR campus and local service providers. The Crisis Hotline is also a crucial step towards creating prevention and intervention. The Hotline is equipped to connect callers to the SUBR police.  

Ø        Confidentiality

All personal identifying information is handled  confidentially within the Women’s Imitative Project Center –  Lantern.Project. No information shall be released without the victim’s consent, except in cases wherein an individual is perceived to be a danger to self or others.