Get an overview of the most current research exploring the nexus between alcohol use and sexual assault, and consideration of the impact on those who commit, experience, or witness harm. Our presenters will share practical approaches for strengthening your strategic prevention plan through spotlights on successful interventions.

1. Breakthrough Strategies:
The Intersection of
Alcohol & Other Drugs
and
Sexual Assault PreventionPeter Lake, Professor of Law, Director of
the Center for Excellence in Higher
Education Law and Policy, Stetson
University
Kimberley Timpf, Senior Director of
Prevention Education, EVERFI
Holly Rider-Milkovich, Senior Director of
Prevention Education, EVERFI
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3. Presenters
Peter F. Lake, J.D.
Professor of Law, Charles A. Dana Chair, and
Director of the Center for Excellence in Higher
Education Law and Policy at Stetson University
College of Law. His areas of expertise includes
higher education law and policy.
Kimberley Timpf, MEd
Kimberley brings over two
decades of experience in campus
alcohol and other drug prevention
at the local, state, and national
level to her work at EVERFI.
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Holly Rider-Milkovich, MA
Holly brings over two decades of
experience in campus sexual
assault prevention at the local,
state, and national level to her
work at EVERFI.

4. Leverage Research, Insights, and Education to Drive Change
Product development based in
research, driven by partners
Measure impact, assess
learner needs/strengths, and
identify opportunities for
improvement
Experts and consultants
support prevention
best practice and
change management
EVERFI offers a comprehensive
catalog of prevention and compliance
modules for students, faculty, and staff
Sexual Assault Prevention
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Harassment & Discrimination
Prescription Drug Abuse
Alcohol Abuse Prevention
Digital
Learning
Expertise
& Research
Data
Insights
EVERFI Partnership

5. Addressing the Intersection of
Alcohol and Sexual Assault
(Without Victim-Blaming)
1
The Weaponization of Alcohol2
3
4
5
How Policies Play a Role
How Compliance Supports
Prevention
Breakthrough Strategies to
Move the Needle
Our Time
Together

6. Addressing the
Intersection of
Alcohol and Sexual
Assault*
*Without Victim-Blaming

7. The Role of Alcohol in Sexual Assault
Students who drank in the past two weeks reported that the
following occurred in conjunction with their drinking.
(Post-course survey, drinkers only, n = 198,000)
8%
6%
13%
3%
Been Taken Advantage of Sexually Taken Advantage of Someone Sexually
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
PercentageofDrinkers
Sexual Victimization and Perpetration Among Students
Males Females
Students with unhealthy attitudes regarding
sexual violence:
• Are much more likely to perpetrate sexual assault
• Have higher rates of alcohol use (frequency and
quantity)
• Are much more likely to experience alcohol-
related problems
“The fact that alcohol
consumption and sexual assault
frequently co-occur does not
demonstrate that alcohol causes
sexual assault.” –ABBEY, 2008

8. AOD Prevention Sexual Assault Prevention
Bridging the Divide
RELATIONSHIP
COMMUNITY
SOCIETAL
INDIVIDUAL

9. Weaponization of
Alcohol

10. Alcohol Norms
Misperceptions
Bystander
Intervention
Attribution of
Responsibility
Physiological
Context Alcohol
Expectancies
Individual Alcohol
Expectancies
VICTIM
BYSTANDER OFFENDER
GENDER
Alcohol Effects: What Does Research Tell Us?

11. Next Generation Prevention
Presence Around Alcohol
• Sexual predators weaponize alcohol
• Alcohol and drug prevention  balancing AODV work
with a no-victim-blaming-approach
• Graduate Programs/ Licensing
• Rise in number of non-drinkers
• Amnesty/ Good Samaritan Policies
Be explicit in refusing to
blame victims and make
clear that the responsibility
for assault is always on the
perpetrator.
Source: American Colleges Health Association, Addressing Sexual and Relationship
Violence on College and University Campuses, ACHA Guidelines (June 2016)

12. Hypermasculinity is the strongest
predictor of sexual assault
“[the effect of alcohol] was
completely explained away
by characteristics shared by
heavier drinkers and
perpetrators”
Low Self Control
Impersonal Sex Orientation
Antisocial Behavior
Other Personality Factors(Testa & Cleveland, 2017)
If Alcohol Doesn’t CAUSE Sexual Assault, What
Does?

13. C O N T E X T
I N C R E A S E D L I K L I H O O D
O F S E X U A L A S S A U LT S
P E R S O N A L I T Y
Contextual Expectancies

14. IMPACT OF BYSTANDER’S
PERSONAL ALCOHOL USE
ON ABILITY TO INTERVENE
OTHERS’ ALCOHOL USE
IMPACTING BYSTANDER’S
INTERPRETATION OF
EVENT
Bystander Intervention Effect
Physical Ability
Impaired Judgment
“Bystander Myopia”
Alcohol Expectancies
Attribution of Responsibility
Alcohol Misperceptions
Safety Concerns

15. The Role of
Policy

16. Balancing Law and Good Policy
o Negligence based safety law has a
tendency to victim blame.
o Historically (sometimes still today)
the law has viewed the voluntary
drinker as the “sole proximate
cause” of harm, which means that
ultimately a voluntary drinker is
responsible.
o Public health models and sound
public policy may conflict with legal
rules/ mandates.
2018 Case Highlight
After leaving an off-campus sorority party a 19-
year-old student at a state university was killed
when he walked in front of a pickup truck while
attempting to cross a road. Blood and urine
analysis tested positive for alcohol and
cannabinoids.
The court found no liability and reasoned the
student’s “own volitional conduct was the sole
proximate cause of his death. Every untoward
consequence that befell (student) was a direct
result of his own volitional conduct.”
Connolly v. Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., No. N14C-08-006 FWW, 2018
Del. Super. LEXIS 100 (Super. Ct. Feb. 28, 2018)

17. Effective Sexual Assault Prevention Requires
Effective AOD Policy
EMERGING DEVELOPING PROFICIENT ADVANCED
Sexual Assault Diagnostic Inventory
Comprehensive 100+ item assessment
Impact Measured in Three Domains
Alcohol Diagnostic Inventory
Comprehensive 100+ item assessment
Impact Measured in Four Domains
PROGRAMS
POLICY
CRITICAL PROCESSES
INSTITUTIONALIZATION
PROGRAMS
CRITICAL PROCESSES
INSTITUTIONALIZATION

18. Medical Amnesty Policy Key Considerations
o Survey students to identify the need and nature of
the challenge.
o What does “amnesty” mean?
o Clarify who the policy is intended for.
o Involve key stakeholders: students, law
enforcement officials.

19. Student Attitudes About
Formal Reporting Procedures
Source: EVERFI Climate Survey (2016)
Survivor’s Self-Reported Helpfulness
of Formal Reporting Procedures
29% 24%
helpful not helpful at
all
47%
a little helpful
76%
of survivors
reported they were treated very or
somewhat FAIRLY through their
institution’s formal reporting procedures

20. Q: College life
provides may
opportunities to
interact with
students in social
spaces.
How do you feel in
this social space at
Williams College?
The Environment
Lighting
Noise
Temperature
Crowd Density
Vision/Sight Lines
Drunkenness
Campus Security
Interactions with Others
Look
Talk
Touch
ExampleEntry
Stage
Dance Floor
Please use as many stickers as you wish to illustrate, using
GREEN for your positive feelings and RED for your negative
feelings about these issues:
Mapping Social Spaces at Williams College

21. How Compliance
Supports Prevention

22. Intersection of Compliance and Prevention
• The Clery Act requires IHE to include crime statistics on arrests and referrals
for disciplinary action for drug abuse violations and liquor law violations. 34
C.F.R. § 668.46(c)
• Alcohol and Sexual Assault
– “One in five women is sexually assaulted while in college.”*
– “Many are survivors of what’s called ‘incapacitated assault’: they are sexually abused while drugged, drunk,
passed out, or otherwise incapacitated.”*
• Integrate Title IX efforts with greater Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and
AOD prevention efforts
* Source: The White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, Not Alone (April 2014), pg. 7

23. 20 U.S.C. 1145g—Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
1. Annually provide each student and employee with a written statement
outlining its standards of conduct; a description of appropriate sanctions for violation of
federal, state, and local law and campus policy; a description of the health risks
associated with alcohol and other drug (AOD) use; and a description of available
treatment programs.
2. Use a reliable method for distributing the annual notification so it can be documented
that it reached every student and employee.
3. Prepare a biennial review report on the effectiveness of its AOD programs and
policies and the consistency of its policy enforcement.
Drug Free Schools and Campuses Regulations
(EDGAR Part 86)
HAVING A COMPLIANT PROGRAM REQUIRES THAT IHE’S:

24. A Renewed Focus on Accountability
Title IX resolutions and
agreements include express
mention of DFSCA compliance
Biennial reviews being
requested as part of Clery Act
audits and financial aid audits
ED Increasing
Enforcement Around
DFSCA Compliance
FSA ordered to document all DFSCA
reviews, better train DFSCA auditors,
report all cases of noncompliance, and
identify and audit IHEs that receive federal
funding other than student financial aid.
MARCH
2012
NOVEMBER - MARCH
2014
Increased audits and fines for DFSCA
non-compliance, including less
resourced institutions:
$15,000 small Christian university
$35,000 small private college
$10,000-37,500 technical
colleges and trade schools
NOVEMBER
2016
Largest fine issued for federal policy
violations (2.4 M), including $27, 500 for
DFSCA violations, specifically, failing to
conduct a biennial review and to properly
distribute its annual notification, missing
required policy statements.
???
Source: Scott (2012); Custer (2017)

25. Breakthrough Strategies To
Move the Needle

26. 26
Effectively addressing the alcohol
and sexual assault connections
requires a foundation of healthy
development and sexuality.
ALCOHOL
+
SEXUAL ASSAULT
HEALTHY
SEXUALITY
HEALTHY
DEVELOPMENT
Building a Foundation for Prevention

27. What Students Want
Question: What do you desire in relationships? Male/Self Male/Peer Female/Self Female/Peer
“Friends with benefits” 22% 50% 9% 55%
“Sexual encounters with no expectations” 16% 45% 9% 50%
Question: What do you desire in relationships? Male/Self Male/Peer Female/Self Female/Peer
“Respect” 63% 43% 79% 53%
“Love” 65% 46% 75% 51%

28. Outreach to
local bars AND
Greek Life
Required
participation of
75% bar staff
• Understanding dynamics of gender-based violence
• Alcohol as a tool for gender-based violence
• Focus on intervening in perpetrator behavior
• Bystander Intervention training
• Practicing in teams of staff/different roles, different
intervention opportunities
Pre-/Post-
+6 month follow-up
2 hour training
TRAINING
Addressing the Context: University of Iowa

29. Voice of Senior Leadership Matters
President or
Chancellor
Have spoken publicly to the alcohol issue 4
or more times in the past year:
Vice President of Student
Affairs
Have spoken publicly to the sexual assault issue 4 or
more times in the past year:
Vice President of Student
Affairs
44% 15% 38% 62%
President or Chancellor
78% 50% 80% 80%
ALL
INSTITUTIONS
ADVANCED
INSTUTIONS
ALL
INSTITUTIONS
ADVANCED
INSTUTIONS
Source: Alcohol Diagnostic Inventory (n=69); Sexual Assault Diagnostic Inventory (n=93)
BUY-IN AT ADVANCED INSTITUTIONS

30. Find out how you measure up against best
practice and the nation’s leading institutions.
Complete the Campus Prevention Network’s
Sexual Assault Diagnostic Inventory (SADI)
and/or Alcohol Diagnostic Inventory (ADI).
ARE YOU A LEADING
PREVENTION
INSTITUTION? 2019

31. Join us!
June 10-12, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee
The CPN Summit brings together campus
professionals dedicated to addressing the issues
that matter most ⏤ sexual assault, alcohol and
other drugs, wellness and mental health, diversity,
equity, and inclusion ⏤ through the blending of
cutting-edge insights and high-impact prevention
strategies.
cpnsummit2019.everfi.com

32. Breakthrough Strategies: The
Intersection of
Alcohol & Other Drugs and
Sexual Assault Prevention
Peter Lake, Professor of Law, Director of the
Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and
Policy, Stetson University
Kimberley Timpf, Senior Director of
Prevention Education, EVERFI
Holly Rider-Milkovich, Senior Director of
Prevention Education, EVERFI
Closed captioning available at: http://bit.ly/breakthrough-strategies

33. Peter’s notes
•Weaponization of alcohol
•Promising practices surrounding amnesty/ good samaritan policies
•“Rapists Cause Rape, Not Alcohol”/ let’s not victim blame
• The non-congruence between the law and good policy
•Maybe also a convo around Clery Team re: EDGAR 86 -- need to start asking
Dept of Ed to re-approach it because more regulatory work around AOD is
needed