Culture of Respect

Dedicating to ending sexual violence on campus

PROGRAMS & TOOLS

PREVENTION
PROGRAMMING MATRIX

Callisto Vault

Callisto is a national nonprofit that leverages cutting-edge technology to empower survivors of sexual assault, provide a safe alternative to reporting, and increase the likelihood that serial perpetrators will be held accountable. Our encrypted platform,

Website
https://www.callistovault.org
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Program Name Level of Evidence Format Target Audience Special Features
Callisto Vault
Emerging
  • Online Course
  • Undergraduate students
  • Faculty and staff
  • Graduate Students
Logistics

Create a free account using your .edu email address at www.callistovault.org

Population Served

Anyone with an active .edu email address at a college or university in the United States and its territories.

Theoretical Basis For Approach
  • Foubert et al. (2020) found that more than 87% of alcohol-involved sexual assault incidents were committed by serial perpetrators, who committed an average of at least five incidents each.
  • Swartout et al. (2015) found across samples that 10.8% of participants reported having perpetrated at least 1 rape from 14 years of age through the end of college.
  • McWhorter et al. (2009) found that 13 percent of participants engaged in actions that met the definition of attempted or completed rape. Of that 13%, 71 percent engaged in more than one attempted rape with an average rate of almost 6.5 incidents.
Program Effectiveness
  • 15% of submitted matching entries during our two year pilot resulted in a match.
  • 74% of users self-identified as part of one or more marginalized populations.
  • Callisto Vault has detected matches involving survivors from different campuses and incidents involving more than two survivors.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR ADMINIsTRATORS
  • Free, trauma-informed resource available to students, faculty, and staff
  • Connecting survivors of serial perpetrators can strengthen formal reporting outcomes
  • Callisto can offer support to survivors whose perpetrator is not campus affiliated
  • Survivors who have pursued formal reporting can still enter into Matching
  • Our Legal Options Counselors will support survivors’ exploration of all their options including reporting to Title IX and police
  • Our encryption technology protects the data & identities of both survivor and identified perpetrator
  • Addressing the issue of serial perpetration reduces harm and makes campuses safer
  • Callisto Vault is a third-party tool that does not report to Title IX or police
HOW TO ACCESS THIS PROGRAM

Visit www.projectcallisto.org

Sources
  • Foubert, J. D., Clark-Taylor, A., & Wall, A. F. (2020). Is Campus Rape Primarily a Serial or One-Time Problem? Evidence From a Multicampus Study. Violence Against Women, 26(3–4), 296–311.
  • Swartout KM, Koss MP, White JW, Thompson MP, Abbey A, Bellis AL. (2015). Trajectory Analysis of the Campus Serial Rapist Assumption. JAMA Pediatr. 2015;169(12):1148–1154. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0707
  • McWhorter, S. K., Stander, V. A., Merrill, L. L., Thomsen, C. J., & Milner, J. S. (2009). Reports of rape reperpetration by newly enlisted male navy personnel. Violence and Victims, 24(2), 204-218.