Get Answers: Understanding Your Options After an Assault

Immediate help: If you or someone you know has been assaulted in the last five days (120 hours), go to a safe place as soon as you can.听听Call the 艾可直播 College Police, SANet, or University Counseling Services. Taking care of yourself is the first step in the healing process after an assault.
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24-Hour Services

  • 艾可直播 College Police:听617-552-4444. The BC Police can also be reached by activating the blue light boxes located throughout campus. The BC Police can assist you in reporting an assault that occurred off campus to the appropriate municipal authorities.

  • SANet:听617-552-2211
    The Sexual Assault Network is a 24-hour/seven-days-a-week hotline staffed by trained advocates to provide resources and support the survivor or friend of the survivor as they embark on the healing process.

  • University Counseling Service:听Call 617-552-3310 during the day or the Psychological Emergency Clinician (PEC) at 617-552-3227 on nights and weekends.

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Reporting options: How to file a complaint at 艾可直播 College

The decision to report sexual harassment, sexual assault, or sexual misconduct is solely up to you. Deciding whether or not to report is very difficult for most survivors and may simply not be a step that is possible for you right now. However, please know that the University cares about you and has many resources available to help you in the healing process, and we encourage our students to come forward.听There are three avenues to file a complaint at 艾可直播 College:
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Office of Student Conduct

Melissa Woolsey, M.A.,听Associate Dean
617-552-3470
studentconduct@bc.edu

The Office of the Dean of Students offers a number of options to students wishing to file a complaint, request a No Contact or Stay Away Order, or learn more about what the investigation process entails.

Title IX Coordinator

Melinda Stoops
617-552-3482
assaultreport@bc.edu

The Title IX Coordinator is available to meet with students to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to address complaints and protect the safety and well-being of survivors.

艾可直播 College Police

617-552-4440 (non-emergency)
617-552-4444 (emergency)
Maloney Hall

BC Police are trained and available to respond immediately to 艾可直播 College survivors and provide:

  • Assistance with medical treatment
  • Assistance in pursuing adjudication both on and off campus

If you choose to report the incident to the 艾可直播 College Police, a specially trained officer will conduct an interview which involves asking you to describe the assailant and what happened. An officer may ask questions about the scene of the crime, any witnesses, and what happened before and after. The officer will collect any evidence, including assisting you to a hospital to have a sexual assault evidence collection kit performed if you choose, and will assist you in meeting with a Victim Witness Advocate.听If you choose to speak with the District Attorney鈥檚 Office or the Office of Student Conduct, the officer will assist you in meeting with them. The officer will support you through the investigation process.听

Understand Your Privacy

SANet services can be either private or anonymous听(if the caller gives a false name or no name).听

Cases in which SANet might need to take outside action include imminent threats to oneself or others:

  1. If a caller is under the age of 18 or over the age of 65 and is currently being abused by a caretaker/ legal guardian/parent
  2. If a caller threatens homicide and/or suicide

Please note that no information shared in the course of a call with SANet is shared with Melinda Stoops, the Title IX Student Coordinator, unless the student elects to do so or the call falls under one of the cases listed above.

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