Acquaintance rape: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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{{See also|Campus rape}}

Although date rape is a sub-section of acquaintance rape, many studies conducted with college student samples include both acquaintances and dating partners in the same category. All of the following studies on rape victimization among college women cited in this sub-section include non-dating acquaintances (for example, family members, friends, or classmates) as well as dating partners (such as boyfriends) in their questions on the characteristics of the rape perpetrator. Some studies have estimated that 90% of rapes perpetrated against college-age women are acquaintance rapes (Crawford et al. 2008; Fisher et al. 2000). A 2007 study by the National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center that surveyed a nationally representative sample of over 5,000 women, including 3,000 college women, found that, among the college women, over 50% of forcible rapes and about 70% of drug-facilitated or incapacitated rapes were perpetrated by an acquaintance (Kilpatrick et al. 2007).

On campuses, it has been found that alcohol is a prevalent issue in regards to sexual assault. It has been estimated that 1 in 5 women experience an assault, and of those women, 50–75% have had either the attacker, the woman, or both, consume alcohol prior to the assault.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last1=Pugh |first1=Brandie |last2=Ningard |first2=Holly |last3=Ven |first3=Thomas Vander |last4=Butler |first4=Leah |year=2016 |title=Victim Ambiguity: Bystander Intervention and Sexual Assault in the College Drinking Scene |journal=Deviant Behavior |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=401–418 |doi=10.1080/01639625.2015.1026777 |s2cid=147081204}}</ref> Not only has it been a factor in the rates of sexual assault on campus, but because of the prevalence, assaults are also being affected specifically by the inability to give consent when intoxicated and bystanders not knowing when to intervene due to their own intoxication or the intoxication of the victim.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pugh |first1=Brandie |last2=Becker |first2=Patricia |date=2018-08-02 |title=Exploring Definitions and Prevalence of Verbal Sexual Coercion and Its Relationship to Consent to Unwanted Sex: Implications for Affirmative Consent Standards on College Campuses |journal=Behavioral Sciences |volume=8 |issue=8 |page=69 |doi=10.3390/bs8080069 |issn=2076-328X |pmc=6115968 |pmid=30072605 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

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