Sexual Violence on College Campuses
RAPE is the most common violent crime on American college campuses.3
- 1 in 4 college women will be the victim of sexual assault during her academic career. 1
- 3 percent of college men report surviving rape or attempted rape as a child or an adult. 1
- Survivors of rape or sexual assault are 4 times more likely to be victimized by someone they know than by a stranger? 2
- It is estimated that almost 25 percent of college women have been victims of rape or attempted rape since the age of 14. 3
- Every 21 hours there is a rape on an American college campus.5
- College women are most vulnerable to rape during the first few weeks of their freshman and sophomore years. 5
- 1 in 12 college-age men admit having fulfilled the prevailing definition of rape or attempted rape, yet virtually none of these men identify themselves as rapists. 5
- 75 percent of the men and 55 percent of the women involved in acquaintance rapes were drinking or taking drugs just before the attack. 1
- 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. 5
- College rape victims receive external physical injuries in over 47% of all rapes. 5
Resources:
1. One in Four USA. Sexual Assault Statistics. http://www.oneinfourusa.org/statistics.php
2. National Center for Victims of Crime , U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). National Crime Victims' Rights Week Resource Guide. 2009.
3. U.S. Department of Justice. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing. Acquaintance Rape of College Students. http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/e03021472.pdf
4. U.S. Department of Justice.2005 National Crime Victimization Study. 2005.
5. Crisis Connection. National College Health Risk Behavior Survey. Fisher, Cullen & Turner, 2000. Warshaw, 1998. http://www.crisisconnectioninc.org/sexualassault/college_campuses_and_rape.htm
