Dissertation
Campus sexual misconduct as a public health challenge: a mixed methods policy analysis
University of Iowa
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
Spring 2023
DOI: 10.25820/etd.007085
Abstract
Title IX of the Education Amendments (Title IX), the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), and their subsequent updates inform how federally funded institutions of higher education (IHEs) are expected to report, prevent, and respond to sexual misconduct.
The Clery Act is a consumer protection policy and relates most directly to institutional reporting. A 2013 amendment required institutions to publish counts of sexual misconduct reported to campus police. Aim one of this work assesses whether data yielded from this requirement is representative of the volume of sexual misconduct an institution is made aware of. Findings of descriptive longitudinal analysis suggest the Clery Act is not achieving its intended transparency purpose.
Implementing Title IX has been a challenge for IHEs due to four considerable changes to the policy in the last decade. Aim two applied a synthetic control approach to understand if and how recent Title IX iterations impact rates of sexual misconduct reports to an IHE. Findings suggest reporting behaviors are marginally impacted by what iteration of Title IX is informing institutional response processes.
Aim three applied flexible coding to in-depth interviews with Title IX Coordinators to understand the consequences of the most recent Title IX iteration. Current investigation processes were perceived as unnecessarily rigid, time consuming, expensive, and stressful. The pseudo-court processes imposed per this iteration reportedly carry flawed legal arguments, and conflict with IHEs educational missions. Informal resolutions offered a new intervention pathway perceived as more tailorable to preventing future harm.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Campus sexual misconduct as a public health challenge: a mixed methods policy analysis
- Creators
- Hannah I Rochford
- Contributors
- Brian Kaskie (Advisor)Keith Mueller (Committee Member)Corinne Peek-Asa (Committee Member)Hari Sharma (Committee Member)Whitney Zahnd (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Health Services and Policy
- Date degree season
- Spring 2023
- DOI
- 10.25820/etd.007085
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- viii, 169 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2023 Hannah I Rochford
- Language
- English
- Date submitted
- 04/17/2023
- Date approved
- 06/30/2023
- Description illustrations
- tables, graphs, map
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-139).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
- Title IX of the Education Amendments (Title IX), the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), and their subsequent updates inform how federally funded institutions of higher education (IHEs) are expected to address sexual misconduct. The Clery Act requires institutions to publish counts of sexual misconduct reported to campus police. Aim one compares the data rendered from this policy, and other data on IHE sexual misconduct reports that IHEs are not mandated to make public. Findings suggest the Clery Act-derived data reflects a considerable undercount of reports of SM. There have been four considerable changes to Title IX in the last decade. Aim two weights data from institutions in Canada unaffected by these policy changes to proxy what would have occurred at U.S. IHEs if the policy changes never occurred. Measuring the difference between this proxy and the actual outcomes estimates if and how recent Title IX iterations impact rates of sexual misconduct reports to an IHE. Findings suggest reporting behaviors may be impacted by what iteration of Title IX is informing institutional response processes. To understand why the changes in reporting observed in aim two might have occurred, aim three systematically synthesized interviews with Title IX Coordinators. The most recent Title IX iteration has yielded processes perceived as unnecessarily time consuming, and stressful; that reportedly carry flawed legal arguments, and conflict with IHE educational missions. Informal resolutions offered a new intervention pathway perceived as more tailorable to preventing future harm.
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984425315002771
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