infographics on sexual violence in colleges (trigger warning)
1 in 5 Women Is Sexually Assaulted in College. Just 1 Percent of Attackers Are Punished.
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However, recent research shows that the broad contours of the environment described at UVA—where women report widespread sexual assault with no consequences for perpetrators—is not unique on America's college campuses. As one expert told RS contributing editor Sabrina Rubin Erdely, "the depressing reality is that UVA's situation is likely the norm."
Some of the best data on the prevalence of rape and other forms of sexual assault on campus comes from a 2007 survey of nearly 5,400 undergraduate women at two large public universities. The study, funded by the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice, found "women at universities are at considerable risk for experiencing sexual assault." (The study defined sexual assault as not only rape but other unwanted sexual contact.)
A 2009 follow-up study by the same researchers found that by the time they are seniors, 1 in 5 undergraduate women report experiencing sexual assault since they started college. (In contrast, 4 percent of the survey's male respondents said that they'd been sexually assaulted in college.) That figure mirrors recent findings that 19 percent of women in the United States have been raped during their lifetimes.
The NIJ-funded study also examined the circumstances and risk factors surrounding sexual assault on campus, including the role of alcohol and fraternities. Nearly 60 percent of campus sexual-assault victims were under the influence of booze or drugs when they were attacked; one-fourth said their assailant was a frat member. Gang rapes like the one described in Rolling Stone appear to be relatively uncommon; most assaults involve a single assailant whom the
victim previously knew. Combined with findings from other studies on frats and rape prevention strategies, this data provides a overview of sexual violence on campus—and how rarely it is fully investigated.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/12/campus-sexual-assault-rape-stats-charts
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