BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY Counseling Center
	20:1 SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEGE CAMPUS

ABOUT WOMEN

• 15 - 44% of college women become victims of acquaintance rape
• 96% report a sexually coercive experience during their undergraduate years
• Acquantance rape is the "Hidden Crime."

ABOUT MEN

• "Hidden" or "Undetercted" offenders
• 25 - 60% of men admit to some form of sexually coercive behavior
• In 1984 (Rappaport & Burkhart Studey) 39% denied coercive involvement
• 28% admitted having used coercion at least once
• 15% admitted to forcing a woman to have intercourse at least once
• In another study - with a national sample - 25% of male respondents had committed some form of sexual assault since the age of 14
• 2/3 of college men engage in unwanted intercourse due to peer pressure or wanting to be popular

All information from Men and Rape: Theory, Research, and Prevention Programs in Higher Education, by Alan Berkowitz

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Elizabeth Droz, Ph.D.
Director
Phone: (607)777-2772
Last updated/reviewed: May 12, 2008