In this National Center for Campus Public Safety webinar, Kim Novak presents on campus hazing prevention. Kim is CEO of NovakTalks and an independent consultant for campus safety, hazing prevention, student risk management, and student organization development. With the increase in national attention being paid to hazing on college and university campuses, those who have long shared concerns over the dangerous “rituals” practiced by some sports teams, marching bands, social fraternities, and elite membership clubs have an opportunity to advance this issue to a higher agenda. Kim explains how this increased attention has created an opportunity for an advanced look at hazing prevention. This presentation provides a research-driven look at what colleges and universities should be focusing on when trying to eradicate hazing from their communities.

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Hazing Prevention
A Call to ACTION
K. Novak
Kim@Novaktalks.com
@NovakTalks
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3. HAZE ~"SUBJECT TO CRUEL HORSEPLAY," 1850,
AMER.ENG. STUDENT SLANG, FROM EARLIER
NAUTICAL SENSE OF "PUNISH BY KEEPING AT
UNPLEASANT AND UNNECESSARY HARD WORK"
(1840), PERHAPS FROM HAWZE "TERRIFY,
FRIGHTEN, CONFOUND" (1670S), FROM M.FR.
HASER "IRRITATE, ANNOY" (MID-15C.), OF
UNKNOWN ORIGIN.
From Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. 27 May. 2011.
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4. Hazing may result in legal claims of
• Assault
• Battery
• Negligence
• Premises Liability (landlord/tenant)
• Social Host Liability
Legal Relationship
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5. Texas State Law:
§ 37.152 : (a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) engages in hazing; (2) solicits, encourages, directs,
aids, or attempts to aid another in engaging in hazing; (3)
recklessly permits hazing to occur; or (4) has firsthand
knowledge of the planning of a specific hazing incident
involving a student in an educational institution, or has
firsthand knowledge that a specific hazing incident has
occurred, and knowingly fails to report that knowledge in
writing to the dean of students or other appropriate
official of the institution.
Know Your State Law…
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6. Trends in Legislative Shifts:
Louisiana HB 270 Students
are compelled to report
Louisiana HB 793
Requires annual hazing
education & Prevention.
Louisiana HB466
Reasonable assistance
Louisiana HB 78 – Max
Gruver Act
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7. The REACH Act would add hazing as one of the
misconducts/crimes that are reported under the Clery
Act. Specifically, it requires colleges and universities that
participate in federal financial aid programs (and therefore
are subject to the Clery Act) to:
• Disclose incidents of hazing in their Annual Security
Report;
• Report statistics of referrals for discipline and arrests
specific to hazing; and
• Implement a hazing education program for students.
Now Federal Government is involved…
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8. (1) Consider them in planning
Identify applicable laws/regulations/case law
Keep compliance in mind when planning
(2) Don’t assume compliance = effectiveness
Compliance is a minimum standard
Effectiveness determined by science
 The law may help structure solutions, but shouldn’t dictate solutions
Laws/Regulations: Where Do They Fit?
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10. Effective Prevention Is a Process,
Not a Program
“Shared, ongoing problem-solving”
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Problem
Analysis
What?
Describe the
problem
Why?
Causes and
Contributors
What’s in place?
Current efforts &
context

12. Training the right
people
• Senior Administrators
• Resident assistants
• Coaches
• Support Staff
• Facilities Staff
• Campus Safety Officers
• Advisors
Providing a consistent
message
• One policy
• Themes for Training
• Staff or students support
campus stance on hazing
• Consistently inconsistent
responses
• Reported incidents are
acted upon
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13. Group dynamics and norms contributing to
hazing and can look different among
various types of organizations
• Selection Process
• Supervision
• Status within Campus Community
• Seen as possible hazing organization
Teams, Clubs, & Other Orgs…
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14. GO BEYOND setting community standards (the don’ts)
Ask yourselves: how do different organization contexts
inform efforts to:
• Make desirable behavior easier
• Reward desirable behavior
• Make undesirable behavior harder
• Raise cost of undesirable behavior
• Make the physical environment safer
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16. We know more about
hazing than we ever
have…
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17. National Study of Student Hazing:
Examining and Transforming
Campus Hazing Cultures
Elizabeth Allan, PhD
Mary Madden, PhD
University of Maine
2008
http://www.hazingstudy.org/
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18. More than half (55%) of college students
involved in clubs, teams, and organizations
experienced hazing.
61% of males
52% of females
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19. Hazing in Student Groups
Varsity Athletics 74%
Social Fraternity or Sorority 73%
Club Sport 64%
Performing Arts Organization 56%
Service Fraternity or Sorority 50%
Intramural Team 49%
Recreation Club 42%
Other 30%
Academic Club 28%
Honor Society 20%
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20. Students report limited exposure to hazing prevention efforts that
extend beyond a “hazing is not tolerated” approach.
47% of students come to college having experienced hazing.
Allan & Madden, 2008, hazingstudy.org
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21. Who students talk to about hazing
Allan & Madden, 2008, hazingstudy.org
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22. COERCED “CONSENT”
• Consent under pressure
• Secrecy = uninformed consent
• Influence of alcohol: diminished capacity
FEAR OF CONSEQUENCES
• Increased severity of hazing
• More hazing for others
• Loss of self-concept (e.g., “real man”)
• Social rejection
COMPLEXITY OF CONSENT
WHY STUDENTS HAZE: PYSCHOLOGICAL & SOCIAL FACTORS – NIHP 2012 TIMOTHY C. MARCHELL, PH.D., M.P.H.
Hierarchy = power risk of coercion
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23. Source: FACE
Environment Matters
What about the social,
academic, physical, policy, or
legal environment promotes or
facilitates hazing?
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24. K. Novak
Kim@Novaktalks.com
@NovakTalks
“There is a fundamental difference between things that are
‘complex’ and things that are ‘complicated.’ Complexity is a
function of the issue or problem itself having multiple,
interconnected pieces and parts that need our attention.
Complicated is a human behavior, often characterized by
layer on top of layer to issues that could have relatively
simple solutions.” ~ Jason Bergeron UH
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https://hazingprevention.institute/
Problem
Analysis
What?
Describe
the problem
Why?
Causes and
Contributors
What’s in
place?
Current efforts
& context
Thank you:
Dr. Linda Langford
Dr. Keith Ellis
Dan Wrona
Fred Dobry
Countless undergraduates dedicated to ending hazing

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