The phrase "assault policy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing rules or guidelines related to handling incidents of assault, whether in legal, organizational, or safety frameworks.
Example: "The school implemented a strict assault policy to ensure the safety of all students and staff."
Alternatives: "violence prevention policy" or "assault prevention guidelines".
Last April, Mr. Panetta instituted a new sexual assault policy for the military, requiring that all such complaints be handled by more senior officers rather than lower-level unit commanders.
And this is what makes the legislation so important for colleges: mandating "yes means yes" in sexual assault policy puts the onus on colleges to give comprehensive consent education.
A8 New Sexual Assault Policy Victims of sexual assault at the nation's military academies will soon be able to report to counselors and receive medical treatment without automatically triggering an official inquiry, Pentagon officials said.
A school spokesperson told me via email that Harvard is moving to address its sexual assault policy, and there is a new task force, which are good first steps.
The woman reported the assault, but Harvard's 20-year-old sexual assault policy is so outdated – less comprehensive than that of all the other Ivies, less inclusive even than the guidelines of the Justice Department – that the administration told her there was little they could do.
Rubenfeld writes, in reference to California's new "yes means yes" law for public universities and Yale University's sexual assault policy, that "a person who voluntarily gets undressed, gets into bed and has sex with someone, without clearly communicating either yes or no, can later say – correctly – that he or she was raped".
He said the military would require that all new recruits be briefed on sexual assault policies within 14 days of entering the service.
Roughly 1,400 places of higher education, now use some type of "yes means yes" standard in their sexual assault policies, according to the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management.
Late last week, the first state bill to require colleges to adopt an "affirmative consent" model in their sexual assault policies passed the California senate unanimously.
The university stays silent in the face of criticism, or perhaps pledges to take "a new look" at its sexual assault policies.
Michele Landis Dauber, a Stanford law professor who has been outspoken about sexual assault policies on campus, said she is launching the recall campaign against Aaron Persky, Santa Clara County superior court judge.
