![]() The National Academies of Sciences report lists more than twelve ways in which the NCVS study fails to employ best practices, including: What they never disclose is that this study has been severely criticized by the National Academies of Sciences, which – in a 278-page report - unequivocally concludes that the NCVS sexual assault numbers are unreliable. There is one outlier study that opinion makers invariably point to – the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which found a much lower rate of sexual assault. Jennifer Freyd, a highly regarded researcher at the University of Oregon, confirmed this correlation again when she analyzed the 26-school AAU study and demonstrated that schools with higher response rates had slightly higher rates of sexual assault. In fact, that the four national studies with very high response rates (Koss – 98.5%, Fisher – 86.5%, Ford 100%, and NIJ – 54%) show the highest rates of assault. But an equally strong argument can be made that people who are assaulted would be less likely to take the survey because answering dozens of questions about sexually assault would be emotionally re-traumatizing for them. They argue, without evidence, that people who’ve been assaulted will be more likely to respond to a sexual assault survey than people who haven’t been assaulted. ![]() Some commentators respond by claiming that the lower response rate of some of the studies invalidates their findings. In other words, according to nearly every national study, an undergraduate woman has between a 1 in 10 and 1 in 6 chance that she will experience rape or attempted rape while in college. National Institute of Justice – Rape – 4% (in one academic year only) Kilpatrick, Resnick, Ruggiero, Conoscenti, McCauley – Rape or attempted rape 12%Īssociation of American Universities – Rape 11% In fact, national studies show the majority of these assaults are for rape and attempted rape.įisher, Cullen, Turner - Rape or attempted rape 12% What they neglect to say is that these “lesser assaults” are only a small portion of the total assaults. They claim by including these “lesser assaults” in the study results the statistics regarding the prevalence of sexual assault is inflated. More than 25% of undergraduate women sexually victimized while in collegeĤ,446 women in two and four year institutionsġ6% of women sexually victimized during the current academic yearĢ5% of women sexually assaulted while in collegeĥ14 women in several hundred institutionsĢ0% of undergraduate women sexually assaulted while in collegeĪssociation of American Universities (AAU)Ģ3% of undergraduate women sexually assaulted while in collegeĢ5% of undergraduate women sexually assaulted while in college (2106)Īnother criticism that pundits like to put forward is that the category for sexual assault is too broad, and includes everything from forced kissing to rape. In fact, six national studies – including one released in early by the Department of Justice – show that as many as 1 in 4 college women are sexually assaulted in college. The truth is that nearly all of this debate has been unnecessary and distracting, since the 1 in 5 statistic has been repeatedly established in dozens of national and local studies. ![]() Self-proclaimed experts, opinion writers, and even some professors have tried to cast doubt on these studies, claiming the science is flawed. There’s been a great deal of debate around the statistics of the prevalence of sexual assault on college campuses, particularly the figure that 1 in 5 or more women are sexually assaulted while in college. ![]() This is an excerpt from “The Hunting Ground: The Inside Story of Sexual Assault on American College Campuses”, a companion piece to the documentary film.
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