What Does the Victim Assistance Team Do?
* Advocates assist female and male victims, and any family or friends to cope with the physical, psychological and legal aftermath resulting from a sexual assault. * Trained Victim Advocates are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide emotional support and information to someone who has been sexually violated. * Advocates can provide information about the victim’s choices for getting medical care. Advocates can meet with a student in a residence hall room, at a designated sport on campus, or another agreed upon location. * Advocates can also accompany a victim to the hospital or Women’s Clinic (or Men’s Clinic) at Hartshorn Health Center if she or he would like. * They can explain the process of reporting the assault to the police and can go with the victim to the police station if she or he decides to file a report. They can also let the victim know about the University’s Judicial Affairs system if the perpetrator is a student. * Calling for an advocate does not obligate re
