...Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the exact consent of the recipient. This umbrella term can be used to describe a wide range of forced and unwanted sexual activity includes kissing, exhibitionism, groping, and rape. The majority of sexual assault incidents go unreported, in part due to different social stigmas experienced by men and women who are victims of these crimes. Over the years, sexual assault on college campuses have increased and remained at fairly alarmingly-high rates. The Clery Act and Title IX are two important laws that have been established my many universities/colleges nationwide, which attempt to lower the rates the and increase awareness of sexual assault. The Jeanne Clery Act,...
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...Do you know the most common violent crime on college campuses today? The answer is sexual assault or rape. “1 in 5 women will be a victim of sexual assault during her academic career.” The amount of sexual violence that happens on American college campuses is appalling and, the even more appalling fact is the number of assault that go unreported. The issue has been brought up to college boards and administrators. While college rape prevention programs have been put into place, the programs are not working. The programs are not working because most rape or sexual assault cases go unreported completely. Many factors weigh into the issue of sexual assault on college campuses such as; the reporting system is flawed and unreliable; many of the...
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...2015, Kirby Dick created an outstanding documentary discussing the topic of sexual assault. The documentation began with anxious college seniors being accepted in their dream colleges. Following, the welcoming of different colleges to their incoming first year students. It is a want, from both the parents and the students, to be safe while being away from home, attending college with exposure to many different people. It has been stated in the documentary, “more than 16% of college women are sexually assaulted while in college” (Dick, 2015). This statistic comes with disgust and to think that the percentage has only increased since that statistic was published. Sexual assault is a major concern on many college campuses and has been an occurrence...
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...Name Teacher English 101-Section 10 November 2014 Cause of Sexual Assault on College Campuses Over the last few years, the media has been filled with news broadcasts and reports of sexual assaults on college campuses. According to an article written by Wayne State University’s Dr. Antonia Abbey, “The term sexual assault is used . . . to describe the full range of forced sexual contacts . . .” This includes “. . . touching or kissing; verbally coerced intercourse; and physically forced [sexual behaviors]” (118). While these events are highly publicized when they occur, they happen much more frequently than realized. Young women are the primary victims of these attacks; reports regarding the assault of men are much less frequent. Many things contribute to why sexual assault and rape happen on college campuses. Alcohol consumption, personal psychological factors, and social influence all play a major role in why and how these events occur. The central factor in all rape and sexual assault cases is the victims are not adequately informed of the dangers beforehand. With that said, it is not the victim’s fault they were abused, but had they been proactive to remove themselves from the situation, things would have resulted differently. Alcohol plays a major role in sexual assault. Every campus has some aspect of Greek life—fraternities, sororities, and other elite social organizations. It can be noted these organizations are mostly known, and classified, according to the parties...
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...In recent years the crime rate on college campuses has gone up drastically, however, the campuses have been working on advancing the safety systems provided to the students during enrollment. The group decided to cover campus safety because college bound females are the most vulnerable to sexual assault. By covering the statistics, the researchers hope to prevent further attack. The following paragraphs include a comparison of university size to assault rates, provide specific examples of sexual assault, and inform about the precautions that many colleges choose to take and the precautions that are being taken in order to prevent further mishap. The first case that people were informed about happened in the early 2000’s and it wasn’t until...
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...Why is sexual assault such a big deal to college campuses now? Is it because there are students who are suddenly bringing it to the surface and really showing what the college administration is all about or is it because the government is only forcing them to do so? Sexual assault is a prominent issue on college campuses all over the country and it affects everyone that is involved. The government is putting a lot of pressure on college administrations to help prevent the chance that one of their students may be drugged and/or sexually assaulted. People are afraid that colleges and administrators are not doing their best to prevent sexual assault on students nor are they fully providing the support to the victims. In recent months, institutions of higher learning across the United States have been rocked by cases of rape and sexual assault. Federal, state and local officials have become involved, as schools struggle to revise their policies and procedures to prevent further incidents. New journalistic investigations, such as the July 12, 2014, story “Reporting Rape, and Wishing She Hadn’t,” by the New York Times, are calling into question the whole rationale for schools handling incidents outside normal legal channels (Mastropasqua, 2014). One of the main problems with sexual assault on college campuses is the lack of consequences to the perpetrator from the school. One-in-five women who attend college will be the victim of a sexual assault during her four years on...
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...impacts those on college campuses. Sexual assault on college campuses is an epidemic that has affected hundreds and thousands of college students. The Hunting Ground is a documentary that discusses sexual assault on campus and how some college administrators inadequately handled the claims by their students. Sexual assault on campuses a problem that is affecting many women and men throughout the county and the world. In order to fully understand the social problem claim that is being made, one must examine the grounds, warrants, and conclusions of sexual assault on campuses. The beginning stage of the social problem process is to create the grounds of the claim....
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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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...treatment and neglect of rape cases on college campuses nationwide in the United States of America. Clark and Pino, instead of giving up on their rape cases that were handled improperly by the executive board of UNC continued to fight the way colleges dealt with rape victims and rape suspects by becoming advocates and educating themselves and others of their institutional rights. The Hunting Grounds tracks the start of Clark and Pino’s on-going journey to make college students aware of the issues of institutions protecting the name and reputation of the institution rather than...
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...Institutions of higher learning across 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...
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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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...Preventing Sexual Assault on Campus As a student at Suffolk County Community College, sexual assault on campus is a topic of serious concern. The way in which campuses investigate sexual assault cases is broken process and must be reformed. Looking out for the student may seem like the first priority in a sexual assault case but in reality it is not. Behind the scenes something more disturbing is occurring on campuses across the United States. Universities are putting their best interests before the well-being of students. Yes, the university is looking out for students but at the same time behind the scenes universities are looking out for their best interests. What people fail to realize is that college is a business. The main purpose of a business is to increase revue and enrollment is the biggest source of revue for universities. The best way to have a steady flow of enrollment is to have the cleanest image achievable. Universities keep this clean image by keeping sexual assault out of the public eye and not being honest with the student body....
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...The Impact of Acquaintance Rape for Female College Students Word Count: 3,027 Abstract Acquaintance rape, commonly referred to as "date rape," is sweeping across college campuses throughout the United States. Described as nonconsensual sexual contact achieved by force, manipulation or coercion between two people who know each other, it is a form of sexual violence that had been given little attention prior to the 1980’s. Recent studies indicate that one in four female college students will be the victim of acquaintance rape at some time during four years of college making it the fastest growing crime against females in college institutions. However, because there are widespread false impressions among all college students that acquaintance rape does not exist, is not “really rape” or is not a serious crime, many believe that it is not as traumatic to the victim as rape by someone unknown to them. These erroneous beliefs often leave the victims of acquaintance rape more devastated than the rape action itself. The purpose of this paper is to examine the facts surrounding female acquaintance rape on college campuses and the role that crisis intervention techniques play in the recovery from an experience that many experts describe as crippling. The Impact of Acquaintance Rape for Female College Students Every two minutes someone in the United States is raped, and the chance of the victim being a female college student is four times greater than that of any...
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...First, it is important to look at the problem of sexual assault on campuses, noting any particular factors that seem to perpetuate the problem instead of aiming to end it. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (n.d.), “drinking at college has become a ritual that students often see as an integral part of their higher education experience… almost 60 percent of college students ages 18–22 drank alcohol in the past month” (p. 1). This “ritual” of drinking and partying is only further exacerbated with many other factors such as the sudden large amount of independence, the limited contact with parents, and the great deal of accessibility in regards to alcohol. All of these factors, coupled with the high amounts...
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...In 2014 from a crime data reported by colleges, states that 91 percent, of 11,000 students, that there was no reports of rape, which is statistically improbable (“Biden to speak”). There are also reasons for the victims to not report the crime such as: unsure if the assault is serious enough, or if anyone would believe them, or fearful of punishment due to drinking, or it would be too emotionally difficult for them to report the crime (Natasha Singer). Victims of sexaul assault are in a state of confusion and denial. If and when a sexaul assault case happens on campus, the campus administrators are involved in the whole process (The Hunting Ground). Why would colleges and universities lie or cover-up sexaul assault cases and stistics? According...
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