Sexual Assault in Colleges Sexual assault is a major issue throughout college and university campuses all over the United States of America. The Department of Justice, as of April 1, 2016, defines sexual assault as, “any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent.” Post secondary education systems in today 's society lack the correct procedures to battle sexual assault incidents on their campuses because the universities do not provide the correct opportunities for the victims.
There are numerous types of sexual assaults one can be convicted of. Sexual assault can happen anywhere, to anyone at anytime. Some examples of this can be, rape, incest, fondling, sexual harassment, and forciable sodmomy. These instances can happen simultaneously. All over the world sexual assault is a major problem; however, in college settings there are many other factors that contributes into this problem, to make matters worse.
Sexual assault on colleges campuses has become a major issues, scaring many who attend college campus. According to Statistics about Sexual Violence one in every five women are sexually assaulted while in college, and one in every sixteen men are sexually assaulted while in college (Facts 1). From these statistics, one can easily understand …show more content…
Although colleges give great classes about sexual assault and how to prevent it from happening in the first year in campus. Is that really enough to keep it from happening and encouraging victims to report their cases? These criminals who are receiving little to no jail time are not taught a lesson, so others criminals are more likely to commit the same crime. There will continue to be an increase of sexual assault and victims not speaking up if society stays on the path they are on now. Colleges need to take that next step and require a sexual assault class for all of their students in order to prevent sexual assault from happening on their
There are numerous types of sexual assaults one can be convicted of. Sexual assault can happen anywhere, to anyone at anytime. Some examples of this can be, rape, incest, fondling, sexual harassment, and forciable sodmomy. These instances can happen simultaneously. All over the world sexual assault is a major problem; however, in college settings there are many other factors that contributes into this problem, to make matters worse.
Sexual assault on colleges campuses has become a major issues, scaring many who attend college campus. According to Statistics about Sexual Violence one in every five women are sexually assaulted while in college, and one in every sixteen men are sexually assaulted while in college (Facts 1). From these statistics, one can easily understand …show more content…
Although colleges give great classes about sexual assault and how to prevent it from happening in the first year in campus. Is that really enough to keep it from happening and encouraging victims to report their cases? These criminals who are receiving little to no jail time are not taught a lesson, so others criminals are more likely to commit the same crime. There will continue to be an increase of sexual assault and victims not speaking up if society stays on the path they are on now. Colleges need to take that next step and require a sexual assault class for all of their students in order to prevent sexual assault from happening on their