Yes, I tend to agree with you. At the risk of reducing my own workload, I will tell you that investigations are an unhappy and unsatisfactory process. They're usually, and they ought to be, the last resort. I think you can probably accomplish a lot by involving the parties at an early stage where, let's say, if you're speaking about women, they feel comfortable enough to come forward and know that it could be resolved informally, perhaps.
Very often, at least in the cases I've encountered, these women simply want the actions to stop. They're not looking for blood. They're not looking for vindication per se. They're not looking for anyone to get fired. They're simply looking for the wrongful acts to stop, and it can often be resolved at an informal level.