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Rape in universities and colleges (Topical Term)

Preferred form: Rape in universities and colleges
Used for/see from:
  • Campus rape
  • College rape
See also:

Work cat: Martin, L. Terror on campus : analyzing macro level factors of colleges that contribute to forcible rape, 2014: abstr. (This explanatory study analyzes different factors of institutions on a macro level basis to understand which factors significantly contribute to the likelihood of forcible rapes. Two hundred U.S. colleges and universities are used in this data sample to analyze their institutional demographic factors and situational factors to determine the relationship to campus rape) p. 1 (The focus on college rape is important to provide solutions in reducing and preventing the incident of rape on college campuses therefore making campuses safer)

Wikipedia, Oct. 7, 2014 (Campus rape is the rape of a student attending an institute of higher learning such as a college or university. The term references the campus where these institutes are, although not all reported incidents occur on campus property. The issue is concentrated in the Western nations, given the unique residential practices of higher-education in these countries)

White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault (U.S.). Not alone : the first report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault, 2014: p. 6 (One in five women is sexually assaulted while in college. Most often, it happens her freshman or sophomore year. In the great majority of cases (75-80%), she knows her attacker, whether as an acquaintance, classmate, friend or (ex)boyfriend. Many are survivors of what's called "incapacitated assault": they are sexually abused while drugged, drunk, passed out, or otherwise incapacitated. And although fewer and harder to gauge, college men, too, are victimized)

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