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DoD Way Ahead for Sexual Assault Prevention

Learn about the Department of Defense's comprehensive plan for preventing sexual assault in the military, including policy, planning, and oversight efforts.

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DoD Way Ahead for Sexual Assault Prevention

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  1. DoD Way Ahead for Sexual Assault Prevention Dr. Andra Tharp Senior Prevention Advisor 9 Sept 2019

  2. Overview SAPRO Overview 1 FY18/APY 17-18 Annual Report Results 2 Prevention Plan of Action 3

  3. DoD SAPRO:Who We Are Overview: DoD SAPRO represents the Secretary of Defense as the central authority charged with preventing sexual assault in the military and facilitating recovery for survivors Mission: SAPRO promotes military readiness by reducing sexual assault through prevention, advocacy, and execution of SAPR Program policy, planning, and oversight across the DoD Community Vision: A DoD Community free of sexual assault Our approach is prevention-focused with an uncompromising commitment to victim assistance

  4. DoD SAPRO:What We Do We execute policy, planning, and oversight across the DoD Community • Policy: to establish and reinforce prevention efforts, victim protections, and procedures for SAPR personnel • Planning: toapply a strategic approach to combatting sexual assault with actions guided by five critical focus areas: Prevention, Victim Assistance, Investigation, Accountability, and Assessment • Oversight: to unify prevention and response efforts of the Services by ensuring equal emphasis on critical challenge areas and making best practices common Additionally, SAPRO’s operational portfolio includes:

  5. DoD SAPRO:Program Goals Decrease Past-Year Prevalence of Sexual Assault Prevention Increase Service Member Reporting Response System Improvements

  6. SAPRO Overview 1 FY18/APY 17-18 Annual Report Results 2 Prevention Plan of Action 3

  7. FY18 Annual Report: DoD: Sexual Assault Prevalence and Reporting Rates About 1 in 3 Service members reported their sexual assault to a DoD authority -roughly the same as in FY16 • Reporting rate for women decreased slightly between FY16 and FY18, from 43% to 37% • Reporting rate for men stayed the same between FY16 and FY18, at 17%

  8. Secretary of Defense Actions to Address FY18 Annual Report Findings Implement the recommendations of the Task Force report, including taking steps to seek a stand-alone military crime of sexual harassment • Launch the Catch a Serial Offender (CATCH) Program • Develop new climate assessment tools • Prepare New Leaders and First-Line Supervisors for Applied Leadership Challenges • Execute the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention Plan of Action (PPoA) • Enhance Efforts to Select Recruits of the Highest Character

  9. Military Service Academies: Prevalence and Reporting • Progress at the Military Service Academies has been sporadic. • Sexual assault prevalence rates have fluctuated, but have stayed in a fairly narrow range until this year. • Sexual assault reportingrates at the academies have not shown an increase comparable to the upturn in active duty force reporting since 2013. Note: The intent of this graph is to compare the estimated number of cadets and midshipmen who endorsed experiencing past-year unwanted sexual contact on a scientific survey to the number of cadets and midshipmen who made a restricted or unrestricted report of sexual assault within the past APY. Therefore, the graph above only includes sexual assault reports made by cadets and midshipmen for incidents that occurred during military service. “Overall reporting” totals (shown as trends on slide 4) also include reports made by non-Academy students alleging an offense against a cadet, midshipman, or prep school student, as well as cadets, midshipmen, or prep school students who filed a sexual assault report for an incident that occurred prior to military service.

  10. USD(P&R) Actions to Address MSA APY 17-18 Report • Launch the Catch a Serial Offender (CATCH) Program* • Employ Experienced Prevention Personnel • Tailor Efforts to Prepare Cadet and Midshipman Peer Leaders • Support Completion of an Academy Prevention Evaluation Framework • Enhance Efforts to Select Recruits of the Highest Character* *Parallel action to FY18 Annual Report Actions to Address

  11. SAPRO Overview 1 FY18/APY 17-18 Annual Report Results 2 Prevention Plan of Action 3

  12. Prevention Plan of Action • Sustained decreases in prevalence of sexual assault across the Department requires effective, tailored prevention in every military setting

  13. Prevention Plan of Action: Prevention Process Data-driven steps that enable organizations to develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive prevention approach that meets their unique needs and leverages their unique strengths.

  14. Prevention Plan of Action: Prevention System Leadership expertise coupled with scientifically supported prevention approaches and processes are essential to reduce sexual assault in military settings. The prevention system must include empowered leaders, an equipped prevention workforce, collaborative relationships, and an infrastructure that facilitates action.

  15. Prevention Plan of Action: Prevention System Leadership expertise coupled with scientifically supported prevention approaches and processes are essential to reduce sexual assault in military settings. The prevention system must include empowered leaders, an equipped prevention workforce, collaborative relationships, and an infrastructure that facilitates action.

  16. Prevention Plan of Action:Applying Evidence Well-Supported Promising Undetermined Unsupported Harmful Well Tested & Effective Tested & Effective Untested Well Tested & Ineffective Tested & Harmful

  17. Prevention Plan of Action:Equipping a Prevention Workforce

  18. Prevention Plan of Action:Fostering Collaborative Relationships

  19. Prevention Plan of Action:Developing Metrics for Assessment and Oversight Translation of Prevention Plan of Action Elements into Observable Metrics At the Academy Level and Prevention Activity Level PREVENTION SYSTEM ELEMENTS Level (Number of Criteria) Leaders Prevention Collaborative Data Resources Policy* Workforce Relationships Academy (5) Academy (6) Academy (2) Academy (4) Academy (3) ---- PREVENTION PROCESS ELEMENTS Level (Number of Criteria) Activity (2) Activity (8) Activity (10) Activity (12) Academy (6) Academy (4) Academy (1) *Policy criteria incorporated into Academy Level Prevention Workforce and Data criteria

  20. Discussion and questions

  21. Contact Information Dr. Andra Tharp Andra.l.tharp.civ@mail.mil Contact SAPRO: sapro@wso.whs.mil Learn More: www.sapr.mil Get Help: 877-995-5247 www.safehelpline.org

  22. FY18 Annual Report: Past-Year Prevalence of Sexual Assault in the Military Type of Sexual Assault DoD Women DoD Men 6.2% ↑ 4.3% 0.7% ↔ 0.6% ↔ ↔

  23. FY18 Annual Report: Key Findings Sexual Assault Prevalence Rates for Women by Service Sexual Assault Prevalence Rates for Men by Service 2018 Trend Comparisons: ↑ Higher than 2016 ↓ Lower than 2016 ↔ No Change

  24. Military Service Academies:Sexual Assault Reporting Trends

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