No one is arguing that they should hold criminal trials. But they can (and should) get involved at the level of disciplining (including expulsion) students who participate in situations that lead to assault. For example, let's say a frat guy gets drunk one night and starts handing out roofies to his friends. They slip them into women's drinks - and two women end up raped. Now, none of the other guys will testify that the frat guy gave them roofies, and none of the women remember what happened - and they don't want to press charges. However, five students go to the dean with evidence that the frat guy was handing out roofies. One of them hands the dean a roofie that he was given.
Should the school ignore this? In my opinion they should not, and expulsion would be a good decision even if he is not found guilty of any crime.
If your saying putting up posters that violate school policy, sure, if your saying provided alcohol to a party on campus or affiliated fraternity, in which accusations of sexual assault occurred and on a dry campus, yes certainly! If they hand out illegal drugs, like roofies, which are ILLEGAL and the possession, trafficking, and distribution of which is a VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW then the school should immediately hand the student over to the police, pause the student education until either found innocent in a court of law or serves their sentence.
The school should not be deciding guilt and punishment for CRIMES, only for violations of school policy that are not also state and federal law. For when a school punishes someone for a crime they were not tried for or even found innocent of it leads to very large law suits, for the school is violating the accused rights.
Imagine a school was told a student was performing witchcraft, specific accusations of eating of babies, fucking children, all while prancing naked around a satanic bound fire that used living animals as kindling, now the school decides to punish that student with expulsion, the student though goes to the courts filing suit, objecting that no one filed charges against the student, no evidence of such claims was provided and the accused was given no opportunity to defend themselves. Do you think the school is in the right?
For a great many reasons, all of which have been discussed, documented and analyzed to death. You may not understand/agree with/condone any of these reasons; all that matters at this point is that those reasons exist.
No no and no, those reasons must be dealt with so that the rate of reported sexual assault to police increases greatly, so that sexual assault can be dealt with by proper agency, under the law, not ad hoc, inappropriate agency, out of the law.
So if you had a daughter, you would rather she be raped and report it than avoid the rape to begin with?
Silly fallacy, if I had a daughter, which I never well for I have not had sex without the use of protection and I no longer have sex at all, other then with anime characters, I would want her to live forever immortal happiness, but since that is impossible I will settle for be good within our society, be pratical, and report all crimes. But back to the core of your fallacy: hat specifically are you suggest be done to avoid rape, be specific, if I is a sound idea I will agree, if on the other hand it is violation of peoples rights for which they will turn around and vote for the likes of Donald Trump just to spurn you, then no.
Wow.
And by avoiding rapes, you reduce rapes. That's not really subject to debate.
Again, how do you plan to avoid rape?
Should women report rapes? Yes. Should we, as a society, prevent them to begin with? Yes - and that's far more important.
Again, how do you plan to avoid rape?
- go after people who advertise sexual availability of women at parties
Sure
- add awareness programs/seminars/outreach campaigns
Agree and already being done, next.
- encourage people who have been assaulted to go to the police
Did I not say that already? Is that not the center for my argument?
- increase policing of parties and other events where assault might be common
Agree! What is the fucking problem?
So you think "go to a doctor when you get lung cancer" is just as effective at preventing lung cancer than "stop smoking?"
No, read what I said, suggesting we should have schools performed unlicensed surgery is not a solution. Have all the lung cancer prevention you want, abolish cigarettes on campus, what ever, but when lung cancer does happen, go to a doctor.
When their rules cause the problem - yes, it is.
What rules are causing the problem, name them, let us review them.