To launch our November campaign, we are sending a press release to thousands of college administrators around the country. Titled "To Minimize Liability Threat, SAVE Urges Immediate Discontinuation of Trauma-Informed Investigations," the release highlights the recent article by two Iowa State University professors who concluded:

• “We know of no scientific studies that support this contention of neurobiological response differences between perpetrators and victims.”
• “A search of the available research literature yielded no published, peer-reviewed studies on the efficacy or effectiveness of FETI.” [Forensic Experiential Trauma Interviews]

The release concludes with this warning:

"The use of trauma-informed and other unproven investigative methods places universities at liability risk. A 2017 analysis of 130 lawsuits against universities found investigative failures were the most commonly listed allegation (5). A 2019 analysis of lawsuits in which the judge ruled against the university identified dozens of cases in which biased investigations were listed as significant allegations of fact (6)."

Please pass along this press release to college administrators, faculty members, and students.