Sexual Assault On College Campuses

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:
The issue I’m focusing on is sexual assault on college campuses. The question I’m researching is, are sexual assault rates on college campuses on the rise or has awareness just increased?
Aim/Goal: The aim of this study is to investigate the assault rates on college campuses and see if the rates of campus assaults has decreased or increased over the years (2007-2014). I’m also going to study the effect of the victim physically and mentally following sexual assault.
Significance: The significance of this study is to increase your awareness of the sexual abuse that occurs in campuses. The rise in reported sexual assaults on campus may be attributable to more awareness -- and, importantly, better procedures (Washington post). A lot of sexual

A lot of the sexual assaults that occur on the campus knows their delinquents. The emotional impact that the assault can result in is lower grades, absent from class or withdrawing from college. A lot of the assaults leave a permanent scar on the victim and sometimes hard to overcome. A lot of sexual assaults on campus go unreported and that’s not good because the victims and predator can’t get the help they both need. A recent study from the Justice Department found that 80% of campus rapes went unreported to the authorities (compared to a still-disheartening 67% in the general population) (TIME). The victims are bound to run into their attacker on campus again and that can lead into another assault because the victim didn’t speak about the attack. If a report was made depending on the school the attacker won’t get removed