SEO Head: Department of Justice study shows rapes of 3 of 100 college women Sexual assault study indicates 3 of 100

women encounter rape during a college year. Results provide reason to confront the problem on college campuses.

More rape cases on campuses

By Zachary Berman The U.S. Department of Justice study released at 10:46 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 15, reports 3 percent of college women experience a completed or attempted rape a year. Bonnie S. Fisher, University of Cincinnati professor, conducted The Sexual Victimization of College Women to investigate sexual assault on college campuses. The report is available on the National Institute of Justice website at http://www.nij.gov/. Campus rape statistics The study randomly sampled 4,446 women attending two or four year colleges with at least 1,000 students. General statistical results are as follows: ! 1.7 percent of college women reported men coercing them to have sex ! 1.7 percent of college women reported being victims of attempted rape ! 13 percent of college women reported being stalked this year (more)

350 women on a campus of 10,000 can experience rape according to a sexual victimization study by the U.S. Department of Justice. Photo by U.S. Department of Justice

Campus Rapes, Pg. 2 Statistics on rape locations are as follows: ! 59 percent of campus rapes occurred in the victims residence ! 10 percent of campus rapes occurred at a fraternity ! 31 percent of campus rates occurred in other living quarters On another note, most rapes occurred after 6 p.m. The victim knew the assaulter majority of the time. Lack of reported rapes Bonnie Fisher also found many women are reluctant to classify their sexual victimizations as rape. The reasons for this are listed: ! The incident embarrasses them ! They place blame on themself ! They do not want to define someone they know as a rapist ! They are unknowledgeable about the legal definition of rape and sexual assault [Definition provided: http://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/rape-sexualviolence/welcome.htm]. More information on the emotional effects of rape is available at [http://www.uic.edu/depts/owa/sa_emotional.html]. General campus crime College campuses are hot spots for criminal activity. Besides rape, common crimes include identity theft, and property damage and theft. General college crime statistics are available at http://www.collegestudentsafety.com/loatcacrst.html. A higher crime rate leads to more sexual assault cases. Thus, college women are more prone to rape than those in the general population. ###