The subject of the case is "A rape on Campus", an article written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely in Rolling Stones magazine. Erdely is a writer, journalist and editor at Rolling Stones. The article lacked integrity and substantial evidence as the victim wasn't questioned. I'm writing about this case because it demonstrates how a journalist's writing can be falsified if not backed up with proof. Also, it's ironic that the story managed to slipped by the professionals, get published, and read almost three million times before being doubted.…
In Daniel Luzer’s article “Is Alcohol Really to Blame for the Prevalence of Sexual Assault on College Campuses” published on November 18th 2013 by Pacific Standard, the truth about alcohol and sexual assaults on campuses across the nation is shown. After a statistic of women getting sexually assaulted in college was shown, people were concerned. People soon asked the big question, why do they occur? The U.S. Department of Justice soon stepped to answer, why? Alcohol.…
In the article “College Women: Stop Getting Drunk,” Emily Yoffe from Slate primarily focuses on the story of female students being exposed to potential sexual assault as a consequence of alcohol drinking. However, former colleague of Emily Yoffe strongly argues in the article “To Prevent Rape of College Campuses, Focus on the Rapist, Not the Victims,” Amanda Hess agrees some of the ideas from Yoffe, but she opposes that female college students is not the one who should be careful about sexual assault due to the overdose of alcohol. Hess points out that college should focus on the male student who is primary threats to the plastered girl to prevent a potential threat of sexual assault by strongly punishing and controlling them in college campuses.…
Jon A. and Richardson help their readers to recognize the problem by providing them with the fact that “assault rates have been 3.1 to 4.4 times higher at the most permissive colleges and universities than at their more restrictive counterparts” (par. 5). Consequently, readers are able to infer the authors’ stance on the argument and purpose in writing the article. After clearly addressing the problem, Jon A. and Richardson then go on to inform the audience on ways they can prevent the assaults from happening. According to the authors’, the most effective solution would be to create a school wide ban on alcohol and prohibit members of the opposite sex from entering each other’s dorms after a certain hour (par. 18). Furthermore, this solution proves to readers that the authors’ are not only trying to address the sexual assault problem on college campuses but they are also trying to prevent…
This article addresses sexual assault on college campuses. From reading the article, briefly describe the challenges facing college campuses as they try to limit assaults on campus. Distinguish between some of the de jure approaches to stopping assault and the de facto approaches to stopping sexual violence. Do you think de jure or de facto methods are better for addressing this problem? Explain your answer.…
Fisher and colleagues, there are a handful of assessed risk factors that come with campus rape. These risk factors include prior victimization to college, substance use of alcohol and drugs, age and the year of study in college, race and ethnicity of victim, the residential status of the victim, sorority membership, dating violence history of the victim, consensual sexual experiences, and attitudinal characteristics of both the victim and the perpetrator. Substance abuse can play a large part in the raping of females on campus because it impairs their ability to resist, fight back, or call for help. But according to this final report on campus sexual assault, women of different ethnic backgrounds and/or of the lower classmen classification were more at risk for rape on campus. In terms of the residential status of the victim, those living in a sorority house and members of sororities were more likely to be coerced with drugs and alcohol, and therefore under more risk for victimization of rape.…
While more than half of sexual assaults against women of college age occur off campus, on campus assaults are a problem that college and universities can and should do more to address. The best statistics show there is a correlation between 3 factors, alcohol use, sorority membership, and class status, and sexual assault on campus. To combat these trends colleges and universities need to address these factors while taking into account that any measures they take not simply move the problem from campus to off campus locations. This means that the measures taken should be centered on raising awareness, encouraging responsibility, and holding offenders accountable in a just way, while also addressing the campus code of conduct.…
Abbey states that more than half of sexual assault cases in college involve alcohol. Many of Abbey’s reasons for sexual assault in college involves situations that occur at the college party scene, “These pathways include beliefs about alcohol, deficits in higher order cogitative processing and motor impairments induced by alcohol and peer group norms that encourage heavy drinking and forced sex” (125). Abbey argues: “Prevention programs should begin in…
Through such extreme lack of sensitivity and training the investigation may draw inconclusive, this is why it should be left to the trained professionals to head an assault investigation. In the article written by Jed Rubenfeld on the first page states that in 2007 the department of justice found that about one in ten undergraduate women had been raped at their college. No one should be raped or violated, especially in their home which most times are university campuses. They should be safe to learn, succeed and excel in a safe environment. She also states that only five percent or less of the victims report the assault to the police.…
Sexual assault is mainly caused from drinking on college campuses. Therefore, campuses should be more strict enforcing the rules and regulations about drinking. “A landmark campus sexual assault report released by the US Department of Justice in 2007 indicated…
Did you know that every 21 hours there is a sexual assault on an American college campus? Well, now you know. 1 in 5 college women will be a victim of sexual assault during an academic school year. Less than 5% of these assaults are reported to law enforcement (National Sexual Resource Center, http://www.nsvrc.org/saam/campus-resource-list). Sexual assault is a large issue that needs to be taken seriously.…
The Rape Treatment Center at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center say’s that a university should have three goals in their campus based sexual assault programs. One is to educate students, faculty and staff about sexual violence. Two is to prevent sexual assaults involving members of the campus community. The third and final goal is to provide an appropriate response when sexual assaults occur. These goals can be achieved when colleges implement effective policies, protocols, service delivery systems, security measures and educational activities…
Nowadays, colleges are underreport this statistic. An increasing rate of campus sexual assualted is very alarming. According to a year-long investigation by the Center for Public Integrity, students who found "responsible" for sexual assaults on campus often face little or no punishment from…
Warning, the following text includes triggers that may harm individuals. A Call To Change Women around the world age 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, war and malaria (Violence against women). One in five women on U.S. college campuses have experienced sexual assault (Kessler). These statistics should shock one to the core, but does it?…
Sexual assault is the subject of many movies and popular television shows, but what people don’t necessarily understand is that on college campuses, the assailant is usually a friend or acquaintance and many assaults go unreported. The evil villain who attacks from the dark is more likely a date and the attack not a surprise from the shadows, but forced sex in a dorm room or apartment. The environment of a college campus brings together young adults who are dating, making new friends and often drinking for the first time and this environment creates opportunity to take advantage of a weaker or disoriented person. This environment puts an increased responsibility on the schools to ensure the environment is safe by preparing the students, employees…