Publication Date
In 2025 | 4 |
Since 2024 | 25 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 102 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 182 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 308 |
Descriptor
Violence | 521 |
Rape | 520 |
Sexual Abuse | 250 |
Females | 184 |
College Students | 164 |
Victims of Crime | 158 |
Crime | 128 |
Prevention | 125 |
Sexuality | 108 |
Higher Education | 95 |
Foreign Countries | 88 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 13 |
Teachers | 13 |
Researchers | 7 |
Administrators | 6 |
Policymakers | 5 |
Community | 2 |
Counselors | 1 |
Parents | 1 |
Students | 1 |
Support Staff | 1 |
Location
Canada | 18 |
South Africa | 9 |
United States | 9 |
New Zealand | 6 |
United Kingdom | 6 |
Florida | 5 |
New York | 5 |
Australia | 4 |
California | 4 |
India | 4 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Herman, Michele H.; Sedlacek, William E. – Journel of the NAWDAC, 1974
This study explores the fears of potential rape victims and the amount of information about rape and self-defense that such women possess. Many dimensions were found to explain the variability of responses among female members of the campus community. Suggestions for programs were offered. (Author/PC)
Descriptors: College Students, Crime, Females, Information Needs
United Federation of Teachers, New York, NY. – 1977
This report presents an analysis of crimes committed in the elementary and secondary schools of New York. It is noted that the New York City school system had 3,136 staff related incidents in 989 schools during 1976-77. Analysis of the data also indicated that 414 schools reported no staff related incidents and that an additional 148 schools…
Descriptors: Crime, Data Analysis, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1977
These House hearings deal with a number of similar bills prohibiting the sexual exploitation of children and the transporting in interstate and foreign commerce of photographs of film depicting such exploitation. These practices, including physical sexual abuse of children of both sexes and all ages, are seen to be proliferating. The hearings…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Crime, Federal Legislation

Baron, Larry – Society, 1987
To right-wing groups and some feminists pornography symbolizes immorality. The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography supported this thinking. It concluded that pornography increases aggression and it instituted a crackdown on pornography. Since no empirical evidence supports its conclusions, the commission was more concerned with censorship…
Descriptors: Censorship, Federal Regulation, Feminism, Mass Media Effects

Tetreault, Patricia A.; Barnett, Mark A. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1987
Investigated reactions to a woman who presumably had been raped by a stranger or an acquaintance. Undergraduates read one of two rape descriptions prior to watching a videotape of the woman who (they were led to believe) had been the victim of the rape. Females and males showed markedly different reactions to stranger and acquaintance rape and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Dating (Social), Higher Education, Rape
Davis, Angela – Freedomways, 1976
Notes that current anti-rape literature has acquired a racist edge and criticizes the most recent book on rape Against Our Will suggested to be the most conspicuously and outrageously racist of them all. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Blacks, Contemporary Literature
Snyder, Howard N. – 2000
This bulletin presents a summary and analysis of national and state juvenile arrest data for 1999. Data come from the FBI's annual "Crime in the United States" report, which offers the estimated number of crimes reported to law enforcement agencies. The 1999 murder rate was the lowest since 1966. Of the nearly 1,800 juveniles murdered in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Delinquency, Homicide
Fisher, Bonnie S.; Cullen, Francis T.; Turner, Michael G. – 2000
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…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Higher Education, Rape
Norsworthy, Kathryn L. – 2002
An analysis of structural and institutional violence against women in three cultures in Southeast Asia, Thailand, Cambodia, and among refugees of Burma, was generated by groups of women and men from these countries. Group members also discussed strategies for transforming systems supporting gender-based violence into structures of peace and…
Descriptors: Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues
Langford, Linda – Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention, 2004
Institutions of higher education (IHEs) are often regarded as sanctuaries, protected environments where young people explore great ideas in a collegial atmosphere and make lifelong friendships. Consequently, incidents of violence on campus are particularly shocking for the extended campus community, evoking questions about whether there is any…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Safety, Rape

Bart, Pauline B. – Journal of Social Issues, 1981
This article, based on interviews with women who had both been raped and avoided being raped when attacked, examines the situational circumstances under which women were more likely to be raped, and those under which they were more likely to avoid being raped. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Fear, Females

Hilton, N. Zoe; Harris, Grant T.; Rice, Marine E.; Krans, Tina Smith; Lavigne, Sandra E. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1998
Evaluations of antiviolence education suggest that trying to change attitudes can cause a backlash. This study provides a knowledge-based intervention measuring knowledge of information presented, attitudes about date rape, and self-reported physical and sexual aggression involving peers. Results show that students who attended the intervention…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attitude Change, High Schools, Knowledge Level
Day, Tobin; Potter, Tom G. – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1999
Seven female students in an outdoor-recreation program were interviewed to determine how fear of violence affects experienced female wilderness travelers. The themes that emerged were stereotypes about sexual assaults, situation and trip location, and alcohol consumption. The difference between real fear and false perceptions is discussed, along…
Descriptors: Drinking, Fear, Females, Outdoor Activities

Scott, Roxanne I.; Day, H. D. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1996
Thirty-two adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse completed the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) and the Response to Childhood Incest Questionnaire. Respondents reported higher levels of both experienced and expressed anger than comparable STAXI norms. Discusses other findings. Research findings indicate the first empirical…
Descriptors: Adults, Anger, Child Abuse, Crime

Hogben, Matthew; Waterman, Caroline K. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 2000
Investigated relationships between conflict tactics and coercive sexual behavior within relationships. College student surveys indicated that greater magnitudes of sexual coercion associated with higher levels of abusive conflict tactics and with psychological abuse within relationships. People engaging in psychological abuse were more likely to…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Abuse