The Sexual Victimization of College Women

By B. Fisher, F. Cullen, Michael G. Turner, J. Samuels, J. Chaiken. 2000

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The National College Women Sexual Victimization (NCVS) study attempted to build on and surmount the limitations of existing research on the sexual victimization of college students. In addition to the study of sexual victimization, the study investigated how rape estimates that use the two-stage process of behaviorally specific questions and incident reports compared with estimates drawn from survey responses. The study results were based on a telephone survey of a randomly selected national sample of 4,446 college women in 1996. Twelve types of sexual victimization, from completed rape through stalking and verbal forms of sexual victimization, were studied. Survey responses suggest that many students encounter sexist and harassing comments and that many have a good chance of being stalked or enduring some form of coerced sexual contact. During any given academic year, 2.8% of women will experience a completed or attempted rape. Study results also show that a methodology that uses behaviorally specific screen questions in combination with an incident report yields considerably higher estimates of completed, attempted, and threatened rape than are found using the telephone methodology of NCVS. Most sexual victimization occurred when college women were alone with a man they know, at night, and in the privacy of a residence. Several factors appeared to increase the likelihood of being victimized. (Contains 14 exhibits and 37 endnotes.) (SLD) ENTIRE DOCUMENT. POOR PRINT QUALITY Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.

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Measuring Sexual Violence on Campus: Climate Surveys and Vulnerable Groups (2017, background): “Fisher et al. (2000) established a relationship between on-campus living and the increased likelihood of sexual victimization for female students.”
Sorority Women’s and Fraternity Men’s Rape Myth Acceptance and Bystander Intervention Attitudes (2013, neutral): “Rape, defined as “unwanted penetration by force or threat of force” (Fisher et al., 2006, p. 8) and attempted rape, defined as “unwanted attempted penetration by force or threat of force” (Fisher et al., 2006, p. 8), are infrequently reported to law enforcement officials (Fisher et al., 2006).”
What mad pursuit?: Obsessive relational intrusion and stalking related phenomena (2003, background): “A number of studies have inquired into the ways in which victims attempt to cope with or manage victimage (e.g., Brewster, 1998, 2000; Cupach & Spitzberg, 2000; Fisher et al., 2000; Fremouw et al., 1997; Gallagher et al., 1994; Jason et al., 1984; Kohn et al., 2000; Nicastro et al., 2000; Pathé, Mul”
Risk Factors for Male Sexual Aggression on College Campuses (2004, neutral): “Large and well-replicated prevalence studies of rape on campus report that approximately 15–20% of female college students have experienced forced intercourse (Brener et al., 1999; Fisher et al., 2000; Koss, 1988; Koss et al., 1987; Resnick et al., 1993).”
Revising the SES: A Collaborative Process to Improve Assessment of Sexual Aggression and Victimization (2007, background): “This issue is particularly problematic when respondents have had more than one experience of the same type of unwanted sex, such as vaginal penetration by force, which many surveys show often occurs an average of two or more times (e.g., Fisher et al., 2000).”
“It Happens All the Time”: Women’s Experiences and Normalization of Sexual Harassment in Public Space (2018, background): “…as one of the most stable risk factors for sexual victimization, putting women who drink alcohol or frequent places where alcohol is provided at more risk than women who do not consume alcohol or visit these places (Fisher et al., 2000; Graham et al. 2014; Parks, 2000; Parks & Fals-Stewart, 2004).”
Effects of Two Versions of an Empathy-Based Rape Prevention Program on Fraternity Men's Survivor Empathy, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intent to Commit Rape or Sexual Assault (2006, background): “Nearly 5% of rape survivors become pregnant (Homes, Resnick, Kilpatrick, & Best, 1996); 20% experience injuries such as bruises, black eyes, cuts, scratches, swelling, or chipped teeth (Fisher et al., 2000); and many experience eating disorders (Resnick, Acierno, & Kilpatrick, 1997).”
Protection Against Pursuit: A Conceptual and Empirical Comparison of Cyberstalking and Stalking Victimization Among a National Sample (2014, background): “Past studies examining victims’ protective behaviors indicate that individual characteristics, lifestyles that expose individuals to risk, past victimization experiences, and fear of crime are related to individuals’ decisions to protect themselves (Fisher et al., 2000; Lurigio, 1987; Tewksbury & Mu”
Violence Victimization on a College Campus (2016, background): “Fisher, Cullen, and Turner (2000) reported that in about one in five rape and attempted rape incidents, victims reported injury, most often bruises, black eyes, cuts, scratches, swelling, or chipped teeth.”
The Evaluation of a Sexual Assault Self-Defense and Risk-Reduction Program for College Women: A Prospective Study (2006, background): “Fisher, Cullen, and Turner (2000) further found a rape rate of 19.3 per 1,000 female students over a brief 7-month interval.”
Women as Sex Objects and Victims in Print Advertisements (2008, background): “Fisher et al. (2000) echoed similar statements.”
Long-Term Effects of labeling a Rape Experience (2006, background): “Even higher numbers (64%, Bondurant, 2001; 48.8%, Fisher et al., 2000; 73%, Pitts & Schwartz, 1993) have been obtained in recent years despite media coverage and campaign efforts to inform women about rape, particularly acquaintance rape.”