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Posted: 2015-09-01T19:04:04Z | Updated: 2017-02-02T01:44:07Z

Jennifer Freyd, a longtime researcher and advocate against sexual violence, has been pleased to see so much focus in recent years on campus rape. But the University of Oregon psychology professor has also been worried.

As a record number of universities have come under federal investigation for allegations that they mishandled rape and harassment cases, it seemed like every week a new app , consulting group, conference or educational program cropped up to help colleges improve their responses to sexual assault as long as the schools were willing to pay a price. In some cases, including at UO , Freyd said, schools would rather spend close to six figures on a product that promised to address the problem than engage with faculty to devise their own program.

I am very concerned about the profiteering going on, Freyd told The Huffington Post. I dont think people should be making businesses out of responding to college sexual assault and getting rich off it. It strikes me as very dangerous as soon as you have a profit motive in there, its risked to corrupting. You should not get rich over people getting raped.