Download SHARP Exam #1 | Actual Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+) and more Exams Criminal Justice in PDF only on Docsity! SHARP Exam #1 | Actual Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+) Definition of Sexual Harrassment - ✔✔Conduct that involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and deliberate or repeated offensive comments/gestures of a sexual nature What is the timeline for an informal complaint? - ✔✔There is no timeline Three victim assistance programs created in 1972 - ✔✔- Aid for Victims of Crime (STL) - Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR) (San Fran) - Rape Crisis Center (RCC) (Washington, DC) AR 690-600 - ✔✔EEO Discrimination Complaints Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004 (in entirety) - ✔✔1. R to be reasonably protected from accused 2. R to reasonable, accurate, & timely notice 3. R to not be excluded from any public proceedings 4. R to be reasonably heard 5. Reasonable right to confer with govt's attorney 6. R to full & timely restitution as provided by law 7. R to proceedings free from unreasonable delay 8. R to be treated with fairness & respect for the victim's dignity & privacy Crime Victims' Rights Act (Please Thank Noah. He Conducted Reasonable Negotiations Fairly) - ✔✔1. Protected 2. Timely notice 3. No exclusion 4. Heard 5. Confer w/ attorney 6. Restitution 7. No delay 8. Fairness/respect UCMJ - ✔✔Bedrock of military law AR 600-20 - ✔✔Army Command Policy Where in AR 600-20 can you find sexual harassment & sexual assault? - ✔✔- Chapter 7 - Appendices F-N I.A.M. Strong Campaign - ✔✔Intervene. Act. Motivate. - Eliminate SH/SA by incorporating Army values to create a cultural norm of intervening. I.A.M. Campaign Phases - ✔✔I - Committed Army Leadership II - Army Wide Conviction III - Achieve Cultural Change ** IV - Sustainment, Refinement, & Sharing SHARP Program Functional Areas - ✔✔- Program Management - Prevention - Response - Training D-SAACP - ✔✔DoD Sexual Assault Advocate Certification Program - Standardize sexual assault response to victims - Professionalize military victim advocacy - Certified by NOVA - Would a reasonable person find the behavior inappropriate? - Does power/influence or hostility involved? Misperceptions of Social Norms - ✔✔- Pluralistic Ignorance: "maybe it's just me" - False Uniqueness: "odd person out (longer/goody two-shoes)" - False Consensus: "everybody's w/ me" (ring leader) Intervention Process - ✔✔1. Notice the event 2. Interpret event/behavior as a problem 3. Feel responsible for solving problem 4. Choose how to intervene 5. Build culture to eliminate problem Victim Coping Mechanisms - ✔✔- Denial - Rationalization - Avoidance - Adaptation Communicating with Complainant about Sexual Harassment - ✔✔1. Consider the complaint 2. Listen carefully 3. Be prepared (explain role as VA) 4. Explain approaches to resolve the sexual harassment complaint SARC/VA's Role - ✔✔- Complaint processing - Advisor to the commander & unit Who can promise confidentiality? - ✔✔Chaplains and lawyers Methods of Resolving SH Complaints - ✔✔1. Anonymous Complaint 2. Informal Complaint - Direct, Indirect, 3rd Party, CoC 3. Formal Complaint Complaint Process for Civilian Employee - ✔✔- Report to EEO within 45 days - AR 690-600 Complaint Process for Military - ✔✔- Soldiers report to SARC/VA within 60 days - AR 600-20 - Also applies to family members over 18 yrs - Soldiers may file SH complaint on behalf of family member Informal Complaints - ✔✔- Maintain a Memorandum for Record (MFR) - Complainant does not officially file in writing (DA Form 7746) - No timeline - Commander may still investigate Formal Complaint - ✔✔- Maintain a Memorandum for Record (MFR) - Filed in writing (DA Form 7746) - BDE CDR swears in complaint of SH - Should be resolved within 14 calendar days of receipt of complaint - Reprisal plan in place - Appoint an Investigating Officer (IO) Military Formal Complaint Process Timeline - ✔✔- Compliant files complaint (60 days) - CDR notifies GCMCA (72 hours) - CDR investigates & makes decision (14 days) - Complainant and/or subject appeal (7 days) - CDR reacts to appeal (14 days) - GCMCA final appeal decision - SARC follow-up assessment (30-45 days) Definition of Retaliation - ✔✔Army Directive 2014-20 "No Soldier may retaliate against a victim, an alleged victim, or another member of the Armed Forces based on that individual's report of a criminal offense." - Includes reprisal, ostracism, & maltreatment Forms of Retaliation - ✔✔- Threatening - Intimidating - Harassing As the appointed Investigating Officer: - ✔✔- Have rank appropriate to be the IO - Be appointed in writing - Have a copy of DA Form 7746 - Receive brief from legal advisor - Meet with SARC - Conduct investigation - If criminal act is ID'd, IO must advise Soldier of his/her rights under UCMJ Art. 31 Unsubstantiated Complaint - ✔✔- No preponderance of evidence to support complaint Substantiated Complaint - ✔✔- There is a preponderance of evidence to support complaint - Corrective action may be punitive or adnimistrative Follow-Up Assessment - ✔✔- Conducted by SARC within 30-45 days after final decision
