Transcript An Arts Based Initiative for the Prevention of Violence

Association of State
Uniform Crime Reporting
Programs
Annual Conference
Bea Hanson
Principal Deputy Director
Office on Violence Against Women
U.S. Department of Justice
The Mission of the Office on
Violence Against Women
To provide federal leadership in
developing and expanding the nation’s
capacity to reduce violence against
women.
To administer justice for and strengthen
services to victims of domestic violence,
dating violence, sexual assault, and
stalking.
Sexual Assault and Rape
Between two-third’s and three quarters of
all rapes are never reported to the criminal
justice system, and among those that are
reported, attrition at various levels
dramatically reduces the number of actual
prosecutions.
Understanding the Predatory Nature of Sexual Violence, David Lisak, Ph.D.,
University of Massachusetts Boston
Why is a Change to the UCR
Definition of Rape Important?
More than 1 million women are
raped in a year
“Rape is rape is rape” - Vice President Biden
Nearly 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men in the
US have been raped at some time in their
lives, translating to approximately 22
million women and 1.6 million men
Victimization Starts Early in Life
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Approximately 80% of female victims
experienced first rape before age 25 and
almost half before age 18
About 35% of women who were raped as
minors were also raped as adults
28% of male victims of rape were first
raped when they were 10 years old or
younger
Serial and Crossover Offending
The majority of this violence is committed
by predatory individuals who tend to be
serial and multi-faceted offenders.
Understanding the Predatory Nature of Sexual Violence,
David Lisak, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Boston
Three Fundamental Realities:
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Most interpersonal violence is
perpetrated by individuals who in some
way are known to the victim.
Most of this violence is never reported
to authorities.
Most perpetrators of this violence are
never prosecuted.
The Case of College Students:
 19% of undergraduate women reported
experiencing completed or attempted
sexual assault since entering college
 Most assaults are committed by someone
the victim knows, and perpetrators are
often serial offenders
 Only 2% of incapacitated rape victims
reported the assault to law enforcement
History and Background
OLD DEFINITION
Forcible rape: The carnal knowledge of a
female, forcibly and against her will.
- Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Summary Reporting
System (SRS)
Collaboration
State and Local
Law Enforcement
The
White House
The Department
of
Justice
Survivors
and
Advocates
Implementation
Police Executive Research Forum Survey
of over 500 police chiefs nationwide:
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80% felt current definition was inadequate
96% felt updates to definition would not be a
significant barrier to reporting UCR data
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50% estimated the financial impact of
implementing change to be zero
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26% estimated the impact at under $15,000
Chronology / Timeline
Senate Hearing Raising Questions about UCR: September 14,
2010
White House and DOJ meetings, including meetings with
stakeholders: Summer 2011
CJIS Regional Workgroups: August 16-18, 2011
(PERF Meeting: September 23, 2011)
Feedback gathered from NSA: September and October 2011
CJIS UCR Subcommittee: October 18, 2011
CJIS Advisor Policy Board (APB): December 6, 2011
FBI Director Mueller Approves Change: December 21, 2011
Change Announced by Attorney General: January 6, 2012
The New Definition
The penetration, no matter how slight, of the
vagina or anus with any body part or object,
or oral penetration by a sex organ of another
person, without the consent of the victim.
Office on Violence Against Women
Programs and Resources
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and
Enforcement of Protection Orders (Arrest
Program)
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STOP (Services, Training, Officers, and
Prosecutors) Violence Against Women
Formula Grants to States
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Questions
Contact
Bea Hanson, Principal Deputy Director
Office on Violence Against Women
U.S. Department of Justice
(202) 307-6026
[email protected]