Appendix C

Policy For Victims Of Sexual Assaults

It is the policy and practice of the University of West Georgia to provide an environment that is sensitive and responsive to victims of sexual assaults. In accordance with this position, the university has established a policy for students, employees, and others who may become victims of such assaults on its campuses. Victims are entitled to the following rights:

1. To have sexual assaults treated with seriousness.

2. To be treated with dignity.

3. To have sexual assaults investigated and adjudicated by appropriate criminal and civil authorities.

4. To receive the full and prompt cooperation and assistance of university personnel in notifying the proper authorities.

5. To be free from any kind of pressure by university personnel not to report crimes, or to report crimes as lesser offenses than the victims perceive.

6. To have legal assistance, or to have others present, in any campus disciplinary proceedings in the same manner that the institution permits to the accused and to be notified of the outcome of such proceedings.

7. To receive the full and prompt cooperation of campus personnel in obtaining, securing, and maintaining evidence as may be necessary to the proof of criminal sexual assaults in legal proceedings.

8. To be made aware of, and assisted in exercising, options regarding mandatory testing of sexual assault suspects for communicable diseases and to be notified of the results of such testing.

9. To receive counseling from mental health services established by the university or from other victim-service agencies.

10. To be protected by campus personnel to the extent reasonably feasible from unnecessary or unwanted contact with alleged assailants.

Campus organizations that assist victims of sexual assaults shall be granted the privileges afforded all organizations registered on campus.

Victims of sexual assault may contact the following offices for assistance:

University Police 678-839-6000

Health Services 678-839-6452

Student Development 678-839-6428

Carroll Rape Crisis 770-834-7273

UWG Patient Advocates

Jill Hendricks 678-839-0641

Corey Hindman 678-839-5338