The reporting system that sexual assault survivors want | Jessica Ladd

Translator: Sune Vilsted Østergaard Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

Hannah is excited to be going to college.

Hannah er spændt på, at begynde på universitetet.

She couldn't wait to get out of her parents' house,

Hun kunne ikke vente med, at komme ud af sine forældres hus

to prove to them that she's an adult,

for at vise over for dem, at hun er voksen,

and to prove to her new friends that she belongs.

og for at vise over for sine venner, at hun hører til.

She heads to a campus party

Hun tager afsted til fest,

where she sees a guy that she has a crush on.

hvor hun møder en fyr, som hun er lun på.

Let's call him Mike.

Lad os sige han hedder Mike.

The next day, Hannah wakes up with a pounding headache.

Den næste dag vågner Hannah op med en dunkende hovedpine.

She can only remember the night in flashes.

Hun kan kun huske aftenen i brudstykker.

But what she does remember is

Men hvad hun kan huske er,

throwing up in the hall outside Mike's room

at kaste op i opgangen udenfor Mikes værelse

and staring at the wall silently while he was inside her,

og stirre lydløst ind i væggen, mens han var inden i hende,

wanting it to stop,

ønsker at det skal stoppe,

then shakily stumbling home.

og så stumple rystende hjemad.

She doesn't feel good about what happened,

Hun har det ikke godt med hvad der skete,

but she thinks, "Maybe this is just what sex in college is?"

men hun tænker: "Måske er det bare sådan at sex er her?"

One in five women and one in 13 men will be sexually assaulted

En ud af fem kvinder og en ud af 13 mænd vil blive seksuelt overfaldet

at some point during their college career in the United States.

på et eller andet tidspunkt i deres universitetskarriere i USA.

Less than 10 percent will ever report their assault to their school

Mindre end 10 procent vil nogensinde rapportere overgrebene til deres skoler

or to the police.

eller til politiet.

And those who do, on average, wait 11 months to make the report.

Og de som gør venter gennemsnitligt 11 måneder før de rapporterer det.

Hannah initially just feels like dealing with what happened on her own.

Hannah har i starten mest lyst til selv, at håndtere hvad der skete med hende.

But when she sees Mike taking girls home from parties,

Men når hun ser Mike, tage piger med hjem fra fester

she's worried about them.

bliver hun bekymret.

After graduation, Hannah learns

Efter dimission finder Hannah ud af,

that she was one of five women who Mike did the exact same thing to.

at hun var en af i alt fem piger, som Mike gjorde det præcis samme imod.

And this is not an unlikely scenario

Og dette er ikke et ualmindeligt scenarie

because 90 percent of sexual assaults

fordi 90% af seksuelle overgreb

are committed by repeat offenders.

bliver begået af folk, der har gjort det før.

But with such low reporting rates,

Men med så få anmeldelser

it's fairly unlikely that even repeat perpetrators will be reported,

er det usandsynligt at selv folk, der har gjort det før vil blive anmeldt

much less anything happen if they are.

eller at der sker noget, hvis de bliver det.

In fact, only six percent of assaults reported to the police

Faktisk ender kun seks procent af anmeldelser om overgreb til politiet

end with the assailant spending a single day in prison.

med at overfaldsmanden tilbringer en eneste dag i fængsel.

Meaning, there's a 99 percent chance that they'll get away with it.

Det vil sige, at der er en 99% chance for, at de vil slippe afsted med det.

This means there's practically no deterrent to assault

Det betyder, at der praktisk talt ikke er noget præventiv til overfald

in the United States.

i USA.

Now, I'm an infectious disease epidemiologist by training.

Jeg er trænet i infektionsepidemiologi.

I'm interested in systems and networks

Jeg er interesseret i systemer og netværk,

and where we can concentrate our resources to do the most good.

og hvor man kan koncentrere sine resurser for at gøre mest nytte.

So this, to me, is a tragic but a solvable problem.

Så for mig er det et tragisk, men løstbart problem.

So when the issue of campus assault started hitting the news a few years ago,

Så da emnet om overfald på campusområder ramte nyhederne for nogle år tilbage

it felt like a unique opportunity to make a change.

føltes det som en unik mulighed til at gøre en forskel.

And so we did.

Og det gjorde vi så.

We started by talking to college survivors.

Vi begyndte, at tale med ofrene.

And what they wish they'd had in college is pretty simple;

Og hvad de ønskede, at de havde haft var ret simpelt:

they wanted a website,

de ønskede en hjemmeside,

one they could use at the time and place

en som de kunne bruge på det tid og sted,

that felt safest to them

der føltes sikrest for dem,

with clearly written information about their reporting options,

med klare informationer omkring deres valgmuligheder for anmeldelse,

with the ability to electronically report their assault,

med muligheden for at anmelde deres overfald elektronisk

rather than having the first step

i stedet for at gå ind for,

to go in and talk to someone who may or may not believe them.

at snakke med nogen, som muligvis ikke vil tro dem.

With the option to create a secure, timestamped document

Med muligheden for at skabe et sikkert, tidsstemplet dokument

of what happened to them,

af hvad der skete med dem,

preserving evidence even if they don't want to report yet.

bevare bevismateriale selv hvis de ikke vil anmelde endnu.

And lastly, and perhaps most critically,

Og sidst, men måske vigtigst af alt,

with the ability to report their assault

muligheden for at anmelde deres overfald

only if someone else reported the same assailant.

kun hvis en anden har anmeldt den samme overfaldsmand.

You see, knowing that you weren't the only one changes everything.

At vide at man ikke er den eneste forandrer alting.

It changes the way you frame your own experience,

Det forandrer måden man indrammer oplevelsen,

it changes the way you think about your perpetrator,

det forandrer måden man tænker på sin overfaldsmand,

it means that if you do come forward,

det betyder, at hvis man står frem,

you'll have someone else's back and they'll have yours.

så vil man have en andens støtte og de vil have din.

We created a website that actually does this

Vi skabte en hjemmeside, der faktisk gør dette,

and we launched it [...] in August,

og vi lancerede den to måneder siden, vi lancerede den i august

on two college campuses.

på to universiteter.

And we included a unique matching system

Og vi inkluderede et unikt match-system,

where if Mike's first victim had come forward,

og hvis Mikes første offer havde stået frem,

saved her record, entered into the matching system

gemt sin fil, gået ind i match-systemet

and named Mike,

og navngivet Mike,

and Mike's second victim had done the same thing

og hvis Mikes andet offer havde gjort det samme

a few months later,

et par måneder senere,

they would have matched

så ville der være et match,

and the verified contact information of both survivors

og begge ofres verificerede kontaktoplysninger

would have been sent to the authorities at the same time

ville have været sendt til myndighederne på det tidspunkt

for investigation and follow up.

for efterforskning og opfølgning.

If a system like this had existed for Hannah and her peers,

Hvis et system som dette havde eksisteret for Hannah og hendes jævnaldrende,

it's more likely that they would have reported,

så er det mere sandsynligt, at de ville have anmeldt,

that they would have been believed,

at de ville være troet på

and that Mike would have been kicked off campus,

og at Mike ville være blevet smidt ud,

gone to jail, or at least gotten the help that he needed.

kommet i fængsel eller fået den hjælp, som han har brug for.

And if we were able to stop repeat offenders like Mike

Og hvis vi kan stoppe folk som Mike

after just their second assault following a match,

efter bare deres andet overfald på grund af et match,

survivors like Hannah would never even be assaulted

så ville ofre som Hannah aldrig være blevet overfaldet

in the first place.

til at starte med.

We could prevent 59 percent of sexual assaults

Vi kunne forebygge 59% af alle seksuelle overfald

just by stopping repeat perpetrators earlier on.

bare ved at stoppe gerningsmændene tidligt i deres handlinger.

And because we're creating a real deterrent to assault,

Og fordi vi skaber et rigtigt præventiv til overfald

for perhaps the first time,

for måske første gang,

maybe the Mikes of the world would never even try to assault anyone.

så ville alle Mikes i verden måske aldrig prøve at overfalde nogen.

The type of system I'm describing,

Det type af system, som jeg beskriver,

the type of system that survivors want

det type system som ofre ønsker

is a type of information escrow,

er et slags spærret system,

meaning an entity that holds on to information for you

hvilket betyder at en enhed bevarer information for dig,

and only releases it to a third party

og frigiver det kun til tredjepart,

when certain pre-agreed upon conditions are met,

når særlige forudaftalte forhold er opfyldt,

such as a match.

som ved et match.

The application that we built is for college campuses.

Anvendelsen er for universiteter.

But the same type of system could be used in the military

Men samme type system kunne blive brugt i militæret

or even the workplace.

eller endda arbejdspladsen.

We don't have to live in a world

Vi behøver ikke leve i en verden,

where 99 percent of rapists get away with it.

hvor 99% af voldtægtsmænd slipper afsted med det.

We can create one

Vi kan skabe en,

where those who do wrong are held accountable,

hvor dem der gør uret bliver holdt ansvarlig,

where survivors get the support and justice they deserve,

hvor ofre kan få den støtte og retfærdighed, som de fortjener,

where the authorities get the information they need,

hvor myndighederne får den information, som de har brug for

and where there's a real deterrent

og hvor der er et ægte præventiv

to violating the rights of another human being.

til at krænke et andet menneskes rettigheder.

Thank you.

Tak.

(Applause)

(Bifald)