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There are violent crimes against women on campus including:
What to do if you are sexually assaulted
Current Research:
Dowdall, G.W., Koss, M.P., & Wechsler. (2003, September 2).
Correlates
of Rape while Intoxicated in a National Sample of College Women.
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of
Public Health. |
Dating Violence
- Dating violence is abusive and violent behavior in dating relationships.
- It reflects the perpetrator's desire to control and dominate the
victim.
- It happens in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships.
- It covers a wide range of behavior that includes verbal and emotional
abuse, sexual abuse, and physical violence.
Incidence of College Dating Violence
- 32% of students report dating violence by a previous partner, and
21% report violence by a current partner, and 21% report violence by
a current partner.
- 39%-54% of dating violence victims remain in physically abusive relationships.
- 12% of completed rapes, 35% of attempted rapes, and 22% of threatened
rapes occur on a date.
- 60% of acquaintance rapes on college campuses occur in casual or steady
dating relationships.
- An estimated 5% of college women experience a completed or attempted
rape in a given year.
- In one year, more than 13% of college women indicated they had been
stalked, 42% by a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend.
- 51% of college males admit perpetrating one or more sexual assault
incidents during college.
Influence of Alcohol and Drugs
- 75% of men and 55% of women involved in acquaintance rape had been
drinking or taking drugs prior to the incident.
Reporting Victimization
- 50% of dating violence victims report the violence to someone else:
of these, 88% report the violence to a friend and 20% to criminal justice
authorities.
- 44% of victims raped by a steady boyfriend or spouse report the assault,
compared to 77% of victims raped by a stranger.
- The beliefs that dating violence is a private matter or not important
enough and fear of reprisal are reasons given for not reporting the
violence.
Dating Violence and the Law
- All 50 states and the District of Columbia have laws against dating
violence behaviors such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking.
However, the specific term “dating violence” is almost never
used in these laws.
- In 39 states and the District of Columbia, victims of dating violence
can apply for protective orders against the perpetrator. Age requirements
and the language of the laws vary by state.
Verbal or emotional abuse
includes name-calling, threats, screaming, yelling, ridiculing, criticizing,
emotional blackmailing, and stalking
Sexual abuse
includes verbal sexual abuse such as sexual slurs or attacks on the
victim's gender or sexual orientation, unwanted sexual touching and
kissing, intimidation to force the victim to engage in any kind of sexual
activity, and rape
Physical abuse
includes shoving, punching, slapping, pinching, hitting, kicking, hair
pulling, choking, use of a weapon, and any other acts causing physical
harm
Source: http://www.ncvc.org |