Sexual Assault And Rape In College

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Sexual Assault is one of the prevalent crimes that takes place on a college campus. Sexual assault is when “the essential conditions for positive sexual interaction—consent, equality, respect, trust, and safety—are absent” (Crooks and Baur, 2014). Thus, sexual assault includes unwanted kissing, groping, touching, harassment, and rape. Although rape is a form of sexual assault, sexual assault is not always rape. The definition of rape can vary for each state in the United States; however, rape is generally defined as “sexual intercourse that occurs without consent as a result of actual or threatened force” (Crooks and Baur, 2014). Coercive acts such as sexual assault and rape can be perpetrated by a variety of people such as friends, family, …show more content…

More precisely, I would like to look at the association between degree of intoxication and degree of sexual assault (degree of sexual assault will be explained more thoroughly further on.) I want to survey females from both public and private colleges and colleges of all sizes. I want to do this to examine all undergraduate females. In order to participate in the study, the female must be a full time student living on campus. This is not to exclude students who do not live on campus; this restriction is made because a high percentage of college sexual assaults happen at night time. A report on rape and sexual assault victimization among college aged females, from the U.S Department of Justice, found that “Nearly two-thirds of both student (65%) and nonstudent (64%) victims experienced the victimization at night (from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.)” (Sinozich & Langton, …show more content…

The types of sexual assault will be divided into four categories as follows: harassment/stalking/threatening, kissing/groping, attempted rape, completed rape. (Rape includes any type of penetration.) In terms of my research study, the severity of the sexual assault goes from least severe to most severe, respectively. This will distinguish the different types of sexual assault and will identify the severity of the sexual assault. The next question will them to rate their level of drunkenness or toxicity at the time of the sexual assault. Zero/0 will represent sober and Ten/10 will represent blackout. I decided to have the participants rate their level of toxicity because most people are not aware of their exact blood alcohol content. The next question will ask how many standard drinks they consumed. I will inform them at this point that one standard drink is contained in: a 12-ounce bottle or can of typical (5% ABV) beer. a 5-ounce glass of typical (12% ABV) wine. a 1.5-ounce shot of typical (80-proof, 40% ABV) liquor (either straight or in a mixed drink.) Lastly, I will ask how many standard drinks they typically have per week. I will give them options as follows: 0, 1-2, 3-5, 5-7, 7-9,<9. As I stated before, I imagine this study being remodeled incorporate men and LGBT individuals. Also, I could imagine this study being remodeled to look at the perpetrator and whether the perpetrator was

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