The storm of criticism, investigations and lawsuits arising from the campus sexual assault crisis suggests that this is a critical opportunity for colleges and universities to self-examine the weaknesses in the existing systems of prevention and …

The recent White House Task Force report on campus sexual assaults recommends that colleges and universities consider using a “single investigator” model to improve campus sexual assault investigations. How might such a model work?

Sexual assaults are among the most difficult and complex cases in the criminal justice system. Allowing untrained amateurs to work on these cases is demeaning to victims and unfair to those accused. Then they should get out of the way and let pr…