...Sexual assault is something students often hear on college campuses. It is a quiet whisper among college age students. Girls talk about how they are not going to report it to the school because they do not want to have to deal with the process and what people will say about them. With eighty five schools currently under review by the federal government for how they have handled sexual assault cases in the past, it is something that has come more into light in the past year due to the federal government coming up with the list of schools. Sexual assault is something that is so often a topic that our nation is ashamed about and why is that the case? Guilford College is one of the eighty five schools that is under review by the federal government....
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...Sexual violence is a major social and public health problem on many college campuses across the United States and many other countries. Sexual violence encompasses many different aspects of sexual deviancy but sexual violence is typically considered to be sexual assault or rape. Sexual assault and rape have affected men and women alike. However, the vast majority of sexual violence victims are women with men being the perpetrators. Women on college campuses have a higher chance of becoming a victim of sexual assault then other women. Rape is defined as penetration or attempted penetration of sexual organs, but sexual assault is a much broader term. Sexual assault includes; completed or attempted penetration, abusive sexual contact without...
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...the United States have been rocked by reports of rape and sexual assault. Federal, state and local officials have become involved, as schools work to revise their policies and procedures to prevent further incidents. A survey commissioned by the Association of American Universities, the results of which were released in September 2015, found that more than 27% of female college seniors reported having experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact since entering college. Meanwhile, two high-profile lawsuits have kept the topic of college sexual assault in the national spotlight. In 2015, a former Florida State University student filed a lawsuit against the school for its handling of her sexual assault report and another against former Florida State football star Jameis Winston, who she has accused of raping her in 2012. The research on many facets of these problems is incomplete, but new reports and data-rich studies can help deepen perspective. In December 2014, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report focusing on nearly 20 years of data related to rape and sexual assault among women ages 18 to 24. In 2014, President Obama appointed the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assaults. During the research phase, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) provided the White House with an extensive list of recommendations urging “the task force to remain focused on the true cause of the problem,” pointing out that rape is “not caused...
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...In Emily Yoffe's article, “College Women: Stop getting drunk”, it's implied that if alcohol is consumed less by women in campuses, the occurrence of rape would be minimized if not completely eliminated. I concur with this article for a myriad of reasons and view the article as a necessary read for any college age young woman wishing to familiarize themselves with the going on of campus life. This article wins my support and approval, for if more girls and women were warned of the impending dangers of drinking alcohol in copious amounts in an effort to 'fit in' they would most certainly be better equipped to make rational decisions to avoid sexual assault. One of the recurring messages within the article is ways in which women can prevent alcohol-facilitated assaults such as a reduction in alcohol consumption. Unfortunately there is a belief that telling a woman she cannot drink to match the drinking of a male counterpart can be misconstrued to seem sexist. Physically and biologically men and women are as different as the sun and the moon; it's safe to say drinking too much whether at a friend’s place, campus, or any other type of social gathering for young men and women. In the article, Yoffe contends that one of the ways alcohol consumption in college can be curbed is lowering the drinking age from 21 years (Yoffe, 2013). I firmly believe this would be one of the first steps towards reducing the occurrence of sexual assault in campuses. The idea of binge drinking is a tradition...
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...As you read this sentence, someone is being raped on an American college campus. Imagine for a moment if you weren’t reading this sentence, and instead being a victim of rape? The question makes anyone’s body shiver, yet it doesn’t cross our mind when our parents drop us to college that we are entering a world as wild as one can imagine. Our excitement and hope at this new stage in life is unexplainable, but while we are glooming with happiness our parents are entering an alarming state of unease, because we are not immune to the hidden danger of rape, and other sexual crimes that happen in our new found “comfort zone.” Every new day is an example of a college potentially mishandling the sexual assault of one of its students. While sex crimes are on the rise in America’s higher-education system, so does the institutions negligence. The purpose of this paper is to try and unravel the injustices and misconceptions of what...
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...I. Description of the Research Topic Sexual assault and rape culture have become a predominant issue around the world. Ranging from college campuses to small villages in Rwanda, women are being taken advantage of for the benefit of men. Sexual assault detrimentally affects women and their way of life. In the following paper, I will discuss political violence through sexual assault in two countries, The Democratic of Congo, and Darfur the region in Sudan; the statistics of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States; laws, policies, procedures, and human rights developed to address sexual assault and how they affect women; sexual violence in the workplace; and current events about sexual assault and the effect on women today. II....
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...Rape on College Campuses Statement of Interest Many studies look at rape and alcohol on college campuses separately, while others look at the effect that alcohol has on rape. It is estimated that one fifth to one fourth of all women experience a completed or attempted rape during their four to five year college career (McMahon 2010). Too many women are victimized on a daily basis on college campuses, a place people go to better themselves, all while believing they are safe. Reality is, rape can happen to any woman, at any time, on any campus. There are classes given on almost every campus about to how women should protect themselves from violent acts such as rape, but how many women actually attend? What are women’s actual perceptions on rape on campus? Are women aware of the risk of rape on campus? What effects does alcohol have on the chance of committing a rape, and what effects does it have on the probability of getting raped? The objective of the paper is to find out how much women really know about the chances of getting raped, the proper way to protect their selves from getting raped, and what effect drinking can have on rape. Literature Search on Galileo While conducting research for this project, EBSCOhost and ProQuest were used. Both databases were had many articles and journals pertaining to alcohol and rape on college campuses. The first database used through Galileo was EBSCOhost. When using EBSCOhost the phase “Alcohol and Rape on Colleges Campuses” was searched...
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...Peer Sexual Assault on College Campuses Rape is the most serious felony other than murder (McArdle). There have been many cases in the media today about rape on college campuses and these cases involve peer sexual assault. Recently "twenty to twenty-five percent of college women are victims of attempted or completed nonconsensual sex" (Cantaloup..Burying). This makes more sense since most sexual assault crimes happen from someone the victims know. Peer sexual assault has become very popular amongst college campuses and many people do not like the way in which these cases have been handled. These cases are trailed under the preponderance of evidence which uses a fifty percent of evidence needed for the accused to be guilty (Yee). These cases...
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...The effects of alcohol on date rape on college campuses Jessica Lynch Tarleton State University Abstract College is usually thought of as a time for pushing boundaries, experimenting, coming into ones own, learning, making new friends, learning to be independent, and becoming an adult. Unfortunately date rape has also become a part of the college experience. It is a life shattering reality of many college students. Date rape does not conform to the normal idea of rape. The perpetrator is usually an acquaintance and the rape takes place in a semi-public place, like a party or dorm room. Alcohol is almost always involved in date rape. Rape is never the victim’s fault but there are steps that can be taken to help prevent it. The effects of alcohol on date rape on college campuses College is supposed to be a time of learning, fun, making new friends, discovering one’s self, partying, and dating. Unfortunately, college becomes a nightmare for some women when partying and dating are combined. Date rape has become very common amongst university students. It is important to understand what date rape is, how alcohol affects the rapist and the victim in date rape, and how it can be prevented. What is date rape? Rape is usually thought of as something that happens to other people, done by a stranger in a dark alley or during a home invasion; however, that is not usually the case. In fact, forty-seven percent of rapists are a friend or acquaintance of the victim. According to the Federal...
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...According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Crime Victimization Survey an American is sexually assaulted every 107 seconds. The prevalence of sexual assault is statistically difficult to analyze because of the frequency of unreported cases. Victims of sexual assault endure an extensive recovery process to regain power and control. The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) defines sexual assault as, “sexual contact or behavior that occurs without explicit consent of the victim. Some forms of sexual assault include: Penetration of victim’s body (rape), attempted rape, forcing to perform sexual acts (oral sex), fondling or unwanted sexual touching” (RAINN, 2016). Sexual assault perpetrators thrive in environments where victims...
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...Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of twenty-one die as a result of underage drinking; this includes approximately 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, and as well as hundreds from other injuries (NIAA). In today’s society we are presented with a real epidemic, underage drinking. As children grow older they are brought into different environments where they are presented with different obligations. Children bring alcohol into their lives to be cool or to fit in, but dying of alcohol poisoning leaves young people to fit into which group? Teenagers begin drinking as early as middle school or even sooner. (NLM) It is said that teens who drink are more likely to be victims of violent crimes. They are more likely to have serious problems in school. They are more likely to be involved in drinking and driving accidents. Children who start drinking young are also more likely to develop problems with alcohol later in life. With such a huge epidemic in underage drinking, why would law makers want to lower the legal age? Throughout the United States, most seventeen year olds receive their drivers’ license. Seventeen year olds are still in high school and still testing different waters; some of the “water” is alcohol. It is hard to believe, but 70 percent of all teenagers drink alcohol, and 60 percent of all teen deaths in car accidents are alcohol-related (Eagle). Most parents want to believe that when they...
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...Drinking alcohol on college campuses might be against the universities’ policies but that does not stop it from happening. Thousands of college students partake in the activity of consuming alcohol while attending college parties, where drinking alcohol at college parties has grown into a social norm and while it might be all fun an games, it is one that needs to be stopped. Drinking alcohol might appear to be fun and all but it can lead to some devastating consequences, including: increased risk of rape, sleep depravations and many other negative effects that effect your performance in your classes. In order for college students to follow the universities policies and not drink on campus, one must be willing to follow the rules and accept that it is not as cool as they think to drink large amounts of alcohol, understanding that it is not a smart and healthy choice to partake in the activity of consuming large amounts of alcohol and that the university only has these policies in place to better further the safety and quality of the students life while on campus. Drinking at college parties has become a very well known social norm and is one that is destroying the lives of many...
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...Effects in judgment are caused by alcohol’s impact on which part of the brain: A nucleus accumbens ->B frontal lobes C hypothalamus D none of the above 4: How many standard drinks does it take before learning (the ability to take in new information) may be affected: ->A as few as one or two drinks B as few as two or three drinks C as few as three or four drinks D none of the above 5: Which of the following statements reflects what is generally found to be true on college campuses: A athletes tend to drink less than non-athletes B members of Greek-letter organizations tend to drink less than non-Greeks C underage students tend to drink less often than students of legal drinking age ->D none of the above 6: The possibility of alcohol having a long-term effect on the ability to learn and to make decisions is increased by: A drinking as teenagers B drinking as young adults C repeated heavy drinking ->D all of the above 7: Based on recent studies at American colleges, what percentage of students choose not to drink: A 5% B 10% C 15% ->D 20% 8: Which of the following factors increases the concentration of alcohol someone consumes from drinking one standard drink: A weighing more B eating certain foods ->C having less body water D none of the above 9: A blackout is: A passing out ->B not being able to form new memories about what happened when drinking C being able to remember what happened when prompted D none of the above ...
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...excuses or tolerates sexual violence. This is widely seen on college campuses across the United States of America. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal civil rights law that proscribes discrimination on the substratum of sex, which can includes sexual harassment, rape, and sexual assault in any educational program or activity that receives federal funding (ACLU, 2015). However this public policy is inconsistent in some ways. In order to make it more...
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...At this time, the Brownwood Police Department does not utilize victimization data in any meaningful way. As law enforcement we must strive to gain understanding and the misunderstandings on the underlying causes of crime and the effects that these crimes have on victims. There have been several nongovernmental studies that have provided additional information in reference to rapes. Victimization surveys are one of the best tools to date in gathering data in reference to sexual assaults. These methodical techniques combined with sample size and enhanced detail collections are reasons that the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the “most comprehensive and systematic survey of victims in the United States”. While considering utilizing victimization data we must be mindful that there are misunderstandings that can occur when utilizing crime stats and how to overcome these challenges. There are common misunderstandings concerning crime statistics that can impede our ability to view the NCVS and other victimizations surveys. One misunderstanding includes that researchers can assume there is an objective definition of the crime of sexual assault and that statistics can assess this problem with distorting the issue. The nature of the crime can be defined in numerous ways without an accepted, objective, definition. The survey design can in itself alter and...
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