Statistics on College Rape

One out of four women will be sexually assaulted on a college campus. 1
One out of eight women will be raped while in college. 2
84% of women who were raped knew their assailant. 3
57% of rapes occur on a date. 4
75% of male students and 55% of female students involved in date rape had been drinking or using drugs. 5

1 Hirsch (1990). National Victims Center. Retrieved August 16, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.ncvc.org/ index.html

2 Martin, Laura C. (1992). A Life Without Fear. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 71. Retrieved August 15, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.uga.edu/~safecampus/statistics.html

3 National Victims Center (1992). Retrieved August 15, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.uga.edu/~safecampus/statistics.html

4 Koss, Woodruff (1990). Koss Study. Retrieved August 15, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.uga.edu/~safecampus/statistics.html

5 Koss, M.P. (1998). Hidden Rape: Incidence, Prevalence and Descriptive Characteristics of Sexual Aggression and Victimization in a National Sample of College Students. In Burgers, A.W. (ed.) Sexual Assault, Vol. II. New York: Garland Publishing Co. Retrieved August 15, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.uga.edu/~safecampus/statistics.html

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