Improving Prevention and Response to Sexual …

[Pages:67]Improving Prevention and Response to Sexual Misconduct on Campus: How the Data Help Us

Eleanor W Davidson, MD Gwendolyn Francavillo, PhD, MPH, CHES

May 29, 2015

Sources

Centers for Disease Control ()

The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2010 Summary Report (NISVS)

American College Health Association "Campus Violence Whitepaper" 2005

National College Health Assessment (NCHA/ACHA)

The Sexual Victimization of College Women (Dec 2000)

 What do we know about sexual violence, stalking and intimate partner violence?

These are "major public health problems in the United States."

NISVS 2010 Executive Summary

What is the natural history for survivors?

Survivors may experience: 1. Physical injury 2. Mental health consequences 3. Other health consequences

These may lead to: hospitalization, disability, death

Relatively new knowledge

Violence Against Women Act (1994) mandated the study of campus victimization.

In 1995, the Bureau of Justice Statistics added new items to the survey regarding student victims of crime.

Violent Victimization of College Students report: 1995-2002 ? Students experienced most crimes at a lower average rate than non students aged 18-24. The exception was for crimes of rape and sexual assault.

What do we know now?

Between 20 and 25% of college age women will be victims of rape or attempted rape during their college career.

5% of men have experienced sexual violence other than rape in the past year.

More than 1 in 3 women and more than 1 in 4 men have experienced rape or physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

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Age of first sexual assault

42-54% of women who will experience lifetime rape have had this occur before age 18

For men who will experience sexual assault and rape, this is higher: 71% before age 18

Why do we need to know this?

One of the best predictors of future victimization is past victimization.

4% of victims suffer 44% of the offenses. Child sexual abuse victims are 3-5 times more

likely to experience subsequent adult victimization.



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