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NCJ 179977
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Title:
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Extent and Nature of the Sexual Victimization of College Women: A National-Level Analysis
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Author(s):
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Bonnie S. Fisher Ph.D. ; Francis T. Cullen Ph.D. ; Michael G. Turner M.S.
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Date Published:
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1999 |
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Page Count:
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323 |
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Sponsoring Agency:
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Grant Number:
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95-WT-NX-0001; |
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Sale Source:
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National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States |
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Agency Summary:
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Agency Summary |
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Type:
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Studies/research reports |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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Building on existing studies, the goal of the current study was
to demarcate more clearly than in previous similar studies the
dimensions and nature of the sexual victimization of college
women. |
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Abstract:
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The study used a nationally representative sample of college
women, assessed a range of potential sexual victimizations,
measured sexual victimization by using specifically worded
questions, acquired detailed information about each victimization
incident, and examined how the risk of being victimized was
affected by a range of variables. The latter variables included
demographic characteristics, lifestyles or routine activities,
and characteristics of the college or university a student
attended. Among the study's findings are that during the 6-month
reference period, 1.7 percent of the college women sampled
reported that they had experienced a completed rape; the
corresponding figure for attempted rape was 1.1 percent. Across
the 12 types of sexual victimization, 15.5 percent of the women
experienced at least one victimization. When analyzed by the
presence or absence of force, almost 8 percent of the sample had
been sexually victimized in an incident that involved force or
the threat of force, and 11 percent were subjected to an unwanted
sexual victimization that did not involve the use of force or
threat of force. A total of 13.1 percent of the respondents
indicated that they had been stalked; the average stalking incident
lasted 60 days. Most victims knew the person who sexually
victimized them. Most often, women were sexually victimized by a
boyfriend/ex-boyfriend, classmate, friend, acquaintance, or
coworker. Four factors were statistically significant across the
various types of sexual victimization: frequently drinking enough
alcohol to get drunk; being unmarried; having been a victim of a
sexual assault before the current school year began; and for
on-campus victimization, living on campus. 53 tables, 121
references, and appended supplementary data |
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Main Term(s):
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Female victims |
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Index Term(s):
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Sex offenses ; Sexual assault victims ; Victimization surveys ; Campus crime ; Victim profiles ; Acquaintance rape ; NIJ grant-related documents |
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