1-in-5 women are sexually assaulted in college, and many men are as

well
o That equates to ~5,000 women at MSU and $47.3 million
in tuition
Less than 10% of students who are sexually assault report their
assault to the college or police
Why survivors dont report:

Not knowing how to label their experience

Considering their assault not serious enough to report
Not wanting to get the assailant into trouble, esp. if he/she is a significant other, friend, teammate, or
family member
Fearing retaliation from peers or from the assailant for reporting
Feeling like the assault was partially his or her fault
Not knowing where or how to report
Feeling that they do not have sufficient evidence
Not wanting to go through the trauma of reliving the assault again, esp. if they worry that they will not
be believed

Why survivors DO report:

To stop future victimization of themselves or others by the assailant

To punish the assailant
To get help
Because they believe the assault to be a crime

It is estimated that 90% of sexual assaults are committed by repeat offenders,

but survivors have no way of knowing whether or not their assailant is a repeat offender.
Survivors who know or suspect that their assailant is a repeat offender are more likely
to report their assault.

If we could stop college sexual assault perpetrators after their second

assault, we would prevent 60% of sexual assaults.

Callisto Will Help MSU

Campus safety:

Give MSU better data about sexual misconduct on campus

o At any time, MSU can view the total number of records in the system, the number of unique
sexual assault survivors and assailants, the percentage of those records that have been officially
reported, and trends in assault and reporting over time
o MSU can also view anonymous responses to questions like Is there anything you think your
school could have done to prevent this from happening?

Higher quality evidence to support taking action against accused perpetrators

Save money:

Fewer survivors will drop out

o Sexual assault survivors (including those who were assaulted prior to entering college) are more
likely to have a GPA below 2.5 and to drop out of school, unless they get the help they need
o If a survivor of sexual assault gets help within one month of the assault, they are exponentially
more likely to recover without developing PTSD or other mental health problems

Less demand for sexual assault support resources over time (not that we would advocate for reducing
these resources, just that hopefully someday no one will need them)

Alumni donations
o Students who received proper support for their legal, health, and academic problems are more
likely to donate back to the school after graduation

Good PR:

Fewer lawsuits

o Less likely to get Title IX or Clery Act complaints

o Fewer successful lawsuits from accused perpetrators because of strong initial case

Higher school ranking

o Fewer survivors dropping out higher graduation rates higher school ranking
o More high-quality applicants and enrollees higher rankings

MSU will be a pioneer in responding to the campus sexual assault issue, just as we were when the
first campus-based sexual assault program and domestic violence shelter began here

From Jessica Ladd

Founder/Executive Director of Sexual Health Innovations, a 501(c)3 non-profit

A member of the Clery Center is on our advisory board. We're passing

everything through OCR and are in communication with ATIXA too.
Version one of the system probably wouldn't include evidence upload (too
hard to figure out how to encrypt non-text data). Callisto is like a diary- but
one that prompts you for exactly what you should record in a traumainformed way and one that you keep in a safe deposit at the bank where
the bank can authenticate when it was stored and when/if changes were
made and give the diary directly to the police or the schooland directly
give it if someone else is assaulted by the same person and the bank can
explain reporting options to survivors.
All the experts in investigations we've talked to have said that the
information stored in Callisto, along with the timestamping and the fact
that multiple reports against the same offender would be more likely to
come in at the same time, would significantly improve the
effectiveness of investigations, not result in muddled evidence.
The university would have to pay for us to provide them with a custom
version of Callisto, but it will cheaper to invest in Callisto now rather than
later. The Founding Institutions get a significant discount though, both for
the first year and future years- 50% of year one, waived set-up fee, and
15% off every year for 10 years after the pilot.

For more information about Callisto or to move forward in implementing this

program at MSU, contact Jessica Ladd at:
jladd@sexualhealthinnovations.org