<p>I am a parent of a Swat grad and a current Swat student and a former criminal prosecutor. I think that Swat has a long way to go in dealing with sexual assault on campus. If I had a daughter who was a victim, I would urge her to go to the police department to report it, NOT anyone at the college. Sexual assault is CRIMINAL, and should be handled that way.
This advice goes for any young woman or man who is assaulted on a college campus. Police departments and prosectors offices have trained personnel to deal with the victims of these types of crimes, as well as advocates to support the victims. Colleges, including Swat, seem to have too much red tape, too much CYA mentality, and too much “blame the victim.” Those attitudes also exist among police and prosecutors, but at least they are really trained to deal with assessing the credibility of witnesses.</p>