In the course of their freshman year of college about fifteen percent of women are sexually assaulted while under the dark influence of alcohol or drugs or even both, according to reports whether it be medical or police. What is possibly more important than this statistic about "incapacitated rape" is that there is also a pattern. Freshmen women who had been victims of such assaults before college were at significant risk of being traumatized again, according to the study published in 2009, in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. The researchers found eighteen percent of students said they had been assaulted while intoxicated before college, and 41 percent of those young women were attacked again while incapacitated to some degree during
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Data Analysis
When asked if freshman girls were more prone to sexual assaults, 70% of the students both male and female that were questioned agreed with the statement. Then they were asked if they thought that campus gatherings and drinking played a key part in said assaults and 90% of them strongly agreed.
In the middle of the survey the students were asked what behaviors were regarded as to what sexual assault is there was a sudden change in answers, from strongly agreeing to I don’t know’s and “rape, I guess”. At the end of the survey they were asked about the policies and proper procedure about reporting a sexual assault or getting help and aside from contacting the police many did not know the …show more content…
These courses could be self defense classes like karate, bystander training classes or a mandatory online course for incoming students on what sexual misconduct/violence, drug and alcohol abuse is. For example, The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) created “UMatter at UMass,” which is a campus-wide project aimed at the prevention of sexual assault and other high-risk behaviors. The program focuses on a SHARP tatic: bystander intervention. According to Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, the program has: put posters all over campus insisting that students be active bystanders, provided over 400 residents with bystander training, and created several public service videos featuring students. College and university administration, counselors, Title IX Coordinators and law enforcement could collectively roll out a plan that outlines how the school will respond when incidents of sexual misconduct are reported, including who will be notified, what precautions will be taken, and how the rights of complainant and accused students will be protected. Formal procedures will help secure support and any other services that the complaintants may need. As well as foster compliance with school policies and legal
Data Analysis
When asked if freshman girls were more prone to sexual assaults, 70% of the students both male and female that were questioned agreed with the statement. Then they were asked if they thought that campus gatherings and drinking played a key part in said assaults and 90% of them strongly agreed.
In the middle of the survey the students were asked what behaviors were regarded as to what sexual assault is there was a sudden change in answers, from strongly agreeing to I don’t know’s and “rape, I guess”. At the end of the survey they were asked about the policies and proper procedure about reporting a sexual assault or getting help and aside from contacting the police many did not know the …show more content…
These courses could be self defense classes like karate, bystander training classes or a mandatory online course for incoming students on what sexual misconduct/violence, drug and alcohol abuse is. For example, The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) created “UMatter at UMass,” which is a campus-wide project aimed at the prevention of sexual assault and other high-risk behaviors. The program focuses on a SHARP tatic: bystander intervention. According to Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, the program has: put posters all over campus insisting that students be active bystanders, provided over 400 residents with bystander training, and created several public service videos featuring students. College and university administration, counselors, Title IX Coordinators and law enforcement could collectively roll out a plan that outlines how the school will respond when incidents of sexual misconduct are reported, including who will be notified, what precautions will be taken, and how the rights of complainant and accused students will be protected. Formal procedures will help secure support and any other services that the complaintants may need. As well as foster compliance with school policies and legal