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College Campus Rape

Rape is one of the leading most dangerous crimes occurring on American College campuses today.

Rape

Main article: Rape Rape is also commonly referred to as sexual assault. It is a serious sex crime committed by a person involving sexual relations with another person without that person's consent.

Rape Statistics on College Campuses

60% of male college students “indicated some likelihood of raping or using force in certain circumstances.” Men in fraternities appear to engage in more non-physical coercion and use of drugs and alcohol as a sexual strategy than do independents. Every 21 hours there is another rape on an American college campus. 90% of all campus rapes occur under the influence of alcohol. Men are more likely than women to assume that a woman who drinks alcohol on a date is a willing sex partner. 40% of men who think this way also believe it is acceptable to force sex on an intoxicated woman. Alcohol use at the time of the attack was found to be one of the four strongest predictors of a college woman being raped. 43% of college men admit using coercive behavior to have sex, including ignoring a woman’s protest; using physical aggression; and forcing intercourse; 15% acknowledged they had committed acquaintance rape; 11% acknowledged using physical restraint to force a woman to have sex. College rape victims receive external physical injuries in over 47% of all rapes. Of the college woman who are raped, only 25% describe it as rape. Of the college women who are raped, only 10% report the rape. College women are most vulnerable to rape during the first few weeks of the freshman and sophomore years. One in twelve college-age men admit having fulfilled the prevailing definition of rape or attempted rape, yet virtually none of these men identify themselves as rapists. 34% of completed rapes and 45% of attempted rapes take place on campus. Almost 60% of the completed campus rapes that take place on campus occur in the victim's residence, 31% occur in another residence, and 10% occur in a fraternity. 3/4 of off-campus rapes and 7/8 of on-campus rapes involved perpetrators who were known to the victims. 78% of the men identified (as rapists) were an acquaintance, friend or boyfriend of the victims. Most rapes occur on the weekend.

Source1: http://www.crisisconnectioninc.org/sexualassault/college_campuses_and_rape.htm

To view the statistics of any one campus, or an area of campuses visit the following link: http://ope.ed.gov/security/

Prevention

First and foremost, do not spend time alone with someone who makes you feel uneasy. Try to avoid secluded places when you are alone or even until you feel that you can trust who you are with.

Getting Help

There are many different waysto get help after the incident of a rape crime. Most importantly if you are injured, go straight to the emergency room.

There are various reasons why many victims avoid getting help, including: embarrassment and shame, fear of publicity, fear of reprisal from assailant, fear of social isolation from the assailant's friends, fear that the police will not believe them, fear that the prosecutor will not believe them or will not bring charges, self-blame for drinking or using drugs before the rape, self-blame for being alone with the assailant, perhaps in one's own or the assailant's residence, mistrust of the campus judicial system, and fear that their family will find out.