Data on sexual assault from the first 2 years of a comprehensive campus prevention program

Journal of American College Health : J of ACH
P W Meilman, D Haygood-Jackson

Abstract

Since 1991, student affairs personnel on one university campus have implemented a comprehensive sexual assault prevention program that includes educational initiatives, revision of policies and protocols, modification of judicial hearings, and collection of data about incidents of sexual assault. In the first 2 years of the program, 65 separate incidents were reported, providing the largest single database yet reported by one campus. These incidents consisted of 43 rapes, 18 other sexual assaults, and 4 cases in which the nature of the incident was not indicated. Most of the assaults occurred on weekends, and slightly less than half of the incidents occurred on campus. In 25% of the on-campus assaults, the assailant used no identifiable form of pressure. Three quarters of the off-campus and seven eighths of the on-campus cases involved perpetrators who were known to the victims. In the on-campus situations, first-year students were found to be particularly vulnerable. Approximately one third of all victims were incapacitated because of alcohol consumption. Limitations of the study and implications of the findings are discussed, along with suggestions for prevention programming.

References

Jan 1, 1977·Archives of Sexual Behavior·E J Kanin, S R Parcell
Nov 1, 1990·Journal of American College Health : J of ACH·P W MeilmanJ H Turco
Dec 1, 1996·The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology·A E WestveerA J Pinizzotto

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

May 18, 2005·Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology·Aarti NastaLori Boardman
Jun 21, 2001·Journal of American College Health : J of ACH·K A Forrest
Mar 31, 1998·Journal of American College Health : J of ACH·L B Synovitz, T J Byrne
Jun 16, 1999·Journal of American College Health : J of ACH·C J VickioE Yarris
Dec 21, 2006·Journal of American College Health : J of ACH·Marjorie R SableSarah K Gallagher
Jan 1, 2009·Journal of Substance Use·Brenda A MillerRobert B Voas
Jul 13, 2004·Child Maltreatment·Daniel W SmithAdrienne E Fricker-Elhai

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Addiction

This feed focuses mechanisms underlying addiction and addictive behaviour including heroin and opium dependence, alcohol intoxication, gambling, and tobacco addiction.

Related Papers

Journal of American College Health : J of ACH
C J VickioE Yarris
Journal of American College Health : J of ACH
M Scarce
American Journal of Public Health
L H Schafran
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved