Investigator Interview Questions with Answer Examples
Title IX Frequently Asked Questions
A Complainant is an individual who files a complaint to report a violation of policy. It also includes any person who is reported to have experienced a violation of policy.
A Respondent is an individual designated to respond to a report filed to Title IX. Generally, a Respondent is someone alleged to be responsible for prohibited conduct as outlined in a complaint made by the Complainant.
Survivor Advocate: A confidential support person that provides individuals with options and resources so they can make informed decisions about their situation. They offer a safe, confidential setting to talk with individuals who have questions or concerns about sexual assault, intimate partner violence, or stalking.
Guilford College Sexual Misconduct — Prohibited Conduct
Sex or Gender-Based Discrimination: Refers to the disparate treatment of a person or group because of that person’s or group’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Sexual or Gender-Based Harassment: “Harassment” is conduct that creates an intimidating, offensive, or hostile working or learning environment, or that unreasonably interferes with work or academic performance based on a person’s protected status, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. All such conduct is unlawful.
To review complete definitions and read the full Guilford College Sexual Misconduct Policy, please visit the policy here.
Sexual Assault: Having or attempting to have sexual intercourse with another individual by force or threat of force, without effective affirmative consent or where that individual is incapacitated.
Non-Consensual Sexual Contact: Having sexual contact with another individual by force or threat of force, without effective affirmative consent or where that individual is incapacitated. Sexual Contact includes intentional contact with the intimate parts of another person.
Stalking: Occurs when a person engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or the safety of others or suffer substantial emotional distress.
A course of conduct consists of two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which a person directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about another person, or interferes with another person’s property.
Cyber-stalking is a particular form of stalking in which electronic media such as the internet, social networks, blogs, cell phones, texts, or other similar devices or forms of contact are used.
Intimate Partner Violence: Includes any act of violence or threatened act of violence against a person who is, or has been involved in, a sexual, dating, spousal, domestic, or other intimate relationship with the Respondent. The College will not tolerate Intimate Partner Violence of any form. It is often referred to as dating violence or domestic violence. Intimate Partner Violence affects individuals of all sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions, races, and social and economic backgrounds.
FAQ
How do you prepare for an investigator interview?
The interviewing tips that follow will help you elicit the most useful responses, even from the reluctant or contentious witness.
Keep an Open Mind. …
Ask Open-Ended Questions. …
Start With the Easy Questions. …
Keep Your Opinions to Yourself. …
Focus on the Facts. …
Find Out About Other Witnesses or Evidence. …
Ask About Contradictions.
What is a Title 9 investigation?
Questioning the Reporter
What happened? …
What was the date, time, and duration of the incident or behavior?
How many times did this happen, that you’re aware of?
Where did it happen?
How did it happen?
Did anyone else see it happen? …
Was there physical contact? …
What did you do in response to the incident or behavior?
What makes a good investigative interview?
An investigation is the process used by the Title IX office to carefully examine an allegation or complaint of gender-based harm including sexual harassment and sexual violence in order to determine whether the SVSH policy has been violated, and if so, what steps the University may take to correct and address such a …
