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by Jim Roberts
News Editor
Increased local attention to the
problem of rape has led to the
proliferation of services for rape victims
here and an improvement in the
treatment afforded them. In fact the
time has finally come when rape victims
are treated as victims of a crime and not
criminals themselves. At least in Chapel
Hill.
The Chapel Hill Carrboro Rape
Crisis Center, the North Carolina
Memorial Hospital rape crisis service
and a campus security chief who values
the welfare of the victim over the
apprehension of the rapist have made
life a good deal easier for victims of an
assault.
"Chapel Hill is marvelous," Chapel
Hill, Carrboro crisis center coordinator
Judith Kraines said. "The police are
really trying to make it a rape-free
place."
Kraines' enthusiasm concerning the
town's attitude toward the treatment of
rape victims is not, however, reflected in
the number of rapes reported to the
authorities. She estimated that between
one-quarter and one-tenth of all rapes
are reported to the police.
Miriam Slifkin, founder of the rape
crisis center, attributed the silence of
most rape victims to the stigma once
attached to women who have been
raped.
"A lot of women feel ashamed at
having been raped," she said. "Even
though something has been done
against them, they still feel ashamed. A
lot of women are brought up with the
myth that Nice girls don't get raped.'"
Slifkin also said some women fear the
treatment they will receive from the
police if they report the assault. But
these fears are mostly unfounded in
Chapel Hill today, she said. The Chapel
Hill police, the Carrboro police and the
campus police all allow rape crisis
counselors to accompany the victims
during interrogation. A counselor's
presence is even incouraged by the
Carrboro Police Department.
Victims who go to the rape crisis
center are not required to report the
assault to the police although the
counselors do encourage it. "Rapists are
usually repeaters, especially in Chapel
Hill," Kraines said. By providing the
police with information about an
assault, the woman is helping to prevent
another incident, she said.
Despite the center's concern with
reporting the crime to the authorities,
the incidence of rapes reported to the
University Department of Security
Services has decreased from four during
the '73-'74 fiscal year to zero during the
'74-'75 fiscal year.
Security services director Ted Marvin
said the decrease does not necessarily
represent a decrease in the number of
actual rapes on campus. "Young people
may be turned off by the criminal justice
system, so it would not be in their
interest to report rapes."
As in most all crimes, "there is a hell
of a gap between what's happening and
what's being reported," he said.
If a woman has been raped on campus
and does report the crime to the campus
police, her welfare is the department's
first priority, Marvin said. "The victim
is not forgotten. Rape crisis counselors
provide a good countercheck to assure
her that the officers don't get out of
line."
Marvin said the department's second
priority is identification and
apprehension of the rapist.
Victims who call the 24-hour crisis
line (967-RAPE) will reach a
Switchboard operator who will contact
a crisis counselor. The crisis counselor
then calls the victim to determine if the
woman is in a safe place and if she needs
emergency help.
"We try to give the woman the feeling
that she is secure, to foster the sense of
stability," Kraines said. "Our main
concern is to make her life more
comfortable." , .
Another major concern of the crisis
counselors is to get medical attention for
. the victim. "The incidence of VD in rape
cases is incredibly high," Kraines said.
"We also urge the woman to get medical
assistance so that evidence can be
collected." She stressed that obtaining
evidence of the crime early is necessary
should the victim choose to prosecute a
suspect. . .
The Chapel Hill Carrboro crisis
center's work does not end with helping
the rape victim through the initial shock
of an attack. Counselors are always
available if the memory of the rape
comes back to haunt her, Kraines said.
"We can stay with a woman as long as
she wants."
"Our counselors will also accompany
a woman to the trial if she decides to
prosecute," said Slifkin who currently
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serves as a crisis counselor. "When a
victim is on the stand, the defense
attorney will try to break her down. A
rape victim has to prove that what she
says is true. We do give her quite a bit of
moral support."
Rape crisis counselors are not
professional counselors, but they are
trained extensively by professionals.
Slifkin said. "A number of our people
are actually rape victims themselves.
These people have a greater
understanding of what victims go
through."
The center receives approximately
two calls a month, although the number
of calls peaks in mid-March and late
August. Kraines said she thinks the
latter period is somewhat the result of
students returning to Chapel Hill.
"People in town expect a lot of new
people during Orientation." The peak
"might also have something to do with
the heat of the summer," she said. "This
time of year, it's too hot to sit around
and people are looking for something to
do."
The campus security department has
Rape presentation
Members of the Chapel Hill Carrboro
Rape Crisis center and the North
Carolina Memorial Hospital rape service
w ill present a slide show and presentation
on rape and rape prevention at 4 p.m..
Tuesday August 26. in room 204 of the
Student Union. The slide show was
produced in Chapel Hill for UNC
students.
decided to combat the problem of rape,
not by increasing the number of law
enforcement officers on campus, but by
increasing community awareness of the
problem and increasing student
confidence in the security department.
To accomplish this objective, the
department is working closely with the
Chapel Hill Carrboro Rape Crisis
Center to provide information to coeds
about rape and about how to protect
themselves against attack, security
director Marvin said. The office has also
worked with the Orientation
Commission this past summer to inform
new students of the problem.
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