Callisto is a new college sexual assault recording and reporting web-platform created by nonprofit Sexual Health Innovations (SHI). Callisto was first announced at the White House Data Jam on Protecting Students from Sexual Assault and is partially funded by Google.org. Callisto is designed to address three major issues around campus sexual assault: (1) supporting and empowering student survivors, (2) providing better data to schools around sexual assault on campus, and (3) facilitating the identification of repeat perpetrators. The Problem: One in five women and many men will be assaulted during their college career. It is estimated that less than 10% of survivors will ever report to their campus or local law enforcement, and a mere 2% of survivors who were assaulted while incapacitated report. Additionally, up to 90% of college rapes are committed by repeat offenders, and if these individuals were stopped after their second assault, up to 60% of rapes could be prevented. By providing a safe, supportive and trauma-informed platform for students who have experienced a sexual assault, we hope to increase official reporting rates and reduce the emotional trauma around reporting. By providing students the option to report only if another student reports being assaulted by the same assailant (the 'Matching Escrow'), we aim to increase identification of repeat perpetrators, and provide better evidence to schools and law enforcement in those repeat offender situations. By allowing students to save a time-stamped record of what happened and take their time considering which reporting option(s) is right for them, we aim to improve the quality of memories and evidence that are reported, and increase the likelihood that the school or police is able to take appropriate action. How it works: Callisto serves as a first portal for student survivors to create and save a secure record of what happened, and then access a clear overview of their reporting options and what to expect in the process of reporting. Callisto also connects students to important survivor resources, and allows them to opt into the 'Matching Escrow' to report only if another student names the same assailant. For more information, please visit our websites: www.ProjectCallisto.org, and www.SexualHealthInnovations.org, or tweet at us @SHInnovations

1. Callisto
A College Sexual Assault Reporting System
For Survivors, By Survivors
Kate Lazarov & Jessica Ladd
Sexual Health Innovations
#YTHLive

2. Sexual Health Innovations
We create technology that advances sexual
health and wellbeing in the United States

3. Past Projects
The Sex Pact Private Results So They Can Know

4. Callisto
A third-party college sexual assault
recording and reporting website

5. The Problem
1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted in
college, as are many men

6. The Problem
<10% report their assault
to the college or police

7. The Problem
Why survivors don’t report:
• Difficulty labeling their experience or not
considering it serious enough to report
• Not wanting to get the assailant into trouble
• Fearing retaliation
• Not knowing where or how to report
• Feeling that they do not have sufficient
evidence

8. The Problem
Why survivors do report:
• To stop future victimization of themselves or
others
• To punish the assailant
• To get help
• Because they believe the assault was a crime

9. The Idea
Create a full-service online platform to:
1. Empower and support student survivors
2. Facilitate the identification of repeat assailants
3. Provide better data to schools

10. Formative Research
In November 2013, we recruited a
convenience sample of 162 young adults,
ages 18 to 30, via a facebook event invite

11. 46%
47%
6%
1%
OMG you HAVE to build this!
Good idea
Ok idea
Bad idea
Formative Research
What do you think of this idea? (n=162)

12. 21%
27%
44%
8%
0%
Yes, definitely
Yes, probably
Maybe
No, probably not
No, definitely not
Formative Research
Would you have used the system if it had existed
when you were assaulted? (n=48)

13. Formative Research
Hundreds of interviews of:
• College assault survivors
• Anti-sexual assault advocates
• Legal experts
• Security experts
• School administrators

15. The Pilot
• Sample size: 3 university campuses
• August 2015 – May 2016
• Data sources:
– Beginning and end of pilot surveys
– Automatically collected data
– Reports to police and the schools

16. The Pilot
• Outcomes of interest:
– Uptake, feasibility
– Descriptive statistics
– Impact on student perception of college
– Impact on survivor satisfaction with reporting
options
– Impact on survivor satisfaction with reporting
experience (among those reporting)
– Impact on reporting rates, particularly of repeat
offenders

17. Broader Applications
Military High Schools Workplace

18. Thank You
www.ProjectCallisto.org
Jessica Ladd, Executive Director
jess@sexualhealthinnovations.org
Kate Lazarov, Callisto Project Officer
kate@sexualhealthinnovations.org
www.SexualHealthInnovations.org
#YTHLive

19. References
• The Campus Sexual Assault (CSA) Study. Final Report. NIJ Grant
No. 2004WGBX0010. Performance Period: January 2005 through
December 2007.
• Results of Focus Groups conducted by Sexual Health Innovations,
2014.
• Thompson, M.P., Sitterle, D.J., Clay, G., & Kingree, J.B. (2007).
Reasons for not reporting victimizations to the police: Do they vary
for physical and sexual incidents? Journal of American College
Health,​ 55.
• Lisak, D., & Miller, P.M. (2002). Repeat rape and multiple offending
among undetected rapists. Violence and Victims,​17(1).
• Fisher, B.S., Daigle, L.E., & Cullen F.T. (2010). Unsafe in the ivory
tower: the sexual victimization of college women. Thousand Oaks,
CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.