SEO: Report by DOJ shows prominence of college sexual assaults Summary Blurb: A report by Bonnie S.

Fisher discloses the current prominence of rape on college campuses. Fishers findings implicate a need for increased efforts to educate college students about sexual assault. Print Head: DOJ report suggests need for college sexual assault education
The National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice statics released a report today revealing that about 3 percent of college women experience a completed or attempted rape during one academic year. In the report, author Bonnie S. Fisher of University of Cincinnati takes a comprehensive look into the prevalence and nature of sexual assaults occurring at American colleges. Importance of findings Based on her findings, Fisher estimates that overall, a college with 10,000 female students could suffer more than 350 rapes a year. These numbers have serious policy implications for college administrators, and suggest that sexual victimization is a nationwide problem. Fisher also found that many women do not characterize their sexual victimizations as a crime. Further reinforcing the importance of efforts to improve education about sexual assault.

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Report Findings The following facts were published in Fishers The Sexual Victimization of College Women: For college females in a given academic year: 1.7 percent were victims of attempted rape 1.7 percent were coerced into having sex 13 percent had been stalked since the beginning of the school year

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For completed rapes of college females: 60 percent of on-campus rapes occurred in the victims residence 31 percent occurred in other on-campus living quarters 10 percent occurred at a fraternity In general, most incidents of sexual victimization occurred after 6 p.m. in living quarters, and most of the sexually assaulted women knew their aggressors. Survey Sample The NCWSV study surveyed 4,446 randomly selected women. Their answers were gathered through a national sample collected by telephone survey. The sample was limited to women who were attending a 2- or 4-year college or university with an enrollment of at least 1,000 students. For more resources about sexual assaults on college campuses, see www.safercampus.org ### ***NOTE: This article was written for class as a hypothetical situation.