Sara’s Reviews > Sexual Violence on Campus: Power-Conscious Approaches to Awareness, Prevention, and Response > Status Update

the author: this book is about ~power consciousness~ and using that to analyze sexual violence
also the author: the only reason why black women don’t use the “criminal justice system” is bc its sometimes unfair :( no I wont mention the current way the system punitively targets black women survivors nor will I say it was literally created to terrorize black ppl & destroy black communities. power conscious 😌

“Although the ultimate goal of reporting the numbers of crime on and around campus is to prevent crime, the heavy administrative expectations for complying with the law takes time and resources away from engaging directly with the prevention of crime, including sexual assault. Similarly...the Clery Act also placed responsibility for preventing crime on potential victims, rather than potential perpetrators.”

reading this book for my job over the course of the semester. so far she’s been like “we can’t be power neutral when talking about sexual assault” and then has been largely neutral about prison and police lol