When we say that we work to hold people who have perpetrated sexual assault accountable10 for the harm they have done, this means that we strive for them to do the following: Recognize the harm they have done, even if it wasn’t intentional. Acknowledge that harm’s impact on individuals and the community. Make appropriate restitution to the individual and community. Develop solid skills for transforming attitudes and behavior to prevent further harm and make contributions toward liberation. We conceptualize roughly five phases to an accountability process: the Beginning, Designing the
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