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Increase the degree of punishment

I would say, increase the degree of punishment. For example, I am not sure if that would be likely to happen, but I can think if someone commits sexual harassment or something related to that, they should increase it like they increase their auto car insurance. If they keep doing it, by more than two times or three times, they have to withdraw their driver's licence, so they would not obtain one. The other one is, if an international student keeps doing it, he or she will not be able to apply for citizenship for that province; they should have to go to another province. So, this is the kind of punishment I can think of. And they also should have certain community hours to serve, so that they could have the chance to think about what they did and how it is really wrong to hurt others. Last but not least, they have to pay off a financial penalty before the school tuition. So, if someone commits sexual harassment but he is not understanding this is wrong and keeps going to school, he might also hurt other students. So, I think he or she who commits sexual harassment should have to pay a financial penalty.

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  • Describe possible legal and institutional consequences for respondents found to have engaged in sexual violence. Provide indication of the range of consequences likely to follow a range of policy violations.