Extent and Nature of the Sexual Victimization of College Women : A National-Level Analysis

By Fisher, Bonnie S.

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Title:	Extent and Nature of the Sexual Victimization of College Women : A National-Level Analysis
Author:	Fisher, Bonnie S.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Law., Law & economy, Litigation and arbitration
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Publisher:	Department of Justice


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Excerpt
Executive Summary: Statement of the Problem. Over the past two decades, there has been a growing concern with the sexual victimization of women. With large concentrations of younger women on college campuses, it is perhaps not surprising that researchers have shown a special interest in the extent and types of sexual victimization experienced by female students. The resulting empirical research has prompted a number of insights that have advanced our understanding of this phenomenon. The goal of the current project is to build on existing studies and thus to demarcate more clearly the dimensions and nature of the sexual victimization of college women.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ResearchQuestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Objectives of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Statement of the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Researching the Sexual Victimization of College Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Extending Previous Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Need for National-Level Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Measurement of Sexual Victimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Analytical Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Plan for this Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Implementing the Proposed Research Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The FocusGroupDiscussions 31 The Pretest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sampling Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Selection of Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . Selection of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 TheCoverLetter 38 The Survey Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 The Individual-level Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 The Sexual Victimization Incident-level Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 The Stalking Incident-level Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Our Adoption of Behaviorally Specific Screen Questions and Incident Report Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Use of Telephone Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 ResponseRate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Population Characteristics and Sample Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Secondary Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Field Period and Training of the Interviewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Variables Used in the Multivariate Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57