Sexual assault victim advocates who are pushing against a mandatory reporting bill in Virginia are paying closer attention to a “promising” new third-party reporting system called Callisto, which would let victims choose when their report of sexual assault is submitted and who receives it.
Virginia college students and rape survivor advocates spent much of this week lobbying against HB 1930, a bill advancing through the state legislature that would require university employees to send any sexual assault report to law enforcement.
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“It is still a very response-oriented approach,” Rodgers said. “This technology doesn’t do anything to address prevention. And there are much deeper cultural concerns, particularly on college campuses, that have to be addressed as well.”
