SOC 324_ Milestone 2 Review of Current and Past Research (1)
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Carey, K. B., Durney, S. E., Shepardson, R. L., & Carey, M. P. (2015). Incapacitated and
Forcible Rape of College Women: Prevalence Across the First Year. Journal of Adolescent Health, 56(6), 678–680. https://doi-org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.02.018
The purpose of this study was to show the prevalence incapacitated and forcible rape amongst college freshman, specifically women during their freshman year. The study consisted of about 483 college freshmen between the ages of 18-21. Participants completed two sessions throughout the year and to report instances of attempted or completed rape that they experienced. Findings from the study showed that about 15% of women reported attempted or completed incapacitated rape, and 9% reported attempted or completed forcible rape. The relevance this source has to my project is it shows just how often women experience attempted or completed rape, especially during their first year of college. Having data such as this is important because it shows the true need for intervention strategies on college campuses to see
how they can ensure the safety of their students. ●
Li, J.-Y., Kim, S.-H., & O’Boyle, J. (2017). “I believe what I see”: College students’ use of
media, issue engagement, and perceived responsibility regarding campus sexual assault. Journal of Health Communication, 22(9), 772–782. https://doi-
org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1080/10810730.2017.1355419
This focus of this study was to see how the media impacts college students' view of campus sexual assaults and rape. The method used was sending surveys out to participants and it consisted of a series of questions in attempt to see the participants “perceived importance of campus sexual assault, their own perceived risks, and involvement with the issue.” (Li et. al., 2017) Researches theory was that if they could begin to understand the relationship between media exposure and students' interest in the issue will help researchers understand ways to develop effective approaches to enhancing students' “perceived issue importance, risks, and involvement in preventive actions.” Findings from the study did show that certain types of media exposure did correlate with college students' engagement and interest in the issue. The study also found that social media did show a positive correlation in students engagement in the issue
and that mediums such as newspapers and television correlated with more people victim blamining and perpetuating rape myths. The importance this has with my topic is it shows how social media affects people's views. We live in a world where so much information is right at our fingertips and where one can easily find views that align with theirs and ones that differ. This source also shows how social media can be used as a tool to bring awareness to a topic as one
can share their thoughts with thousands of people right from their phone.
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Giraldi, A., & Monk-Turner, E. (2017). Perception of rape culture on a college campus: A look at social media posts. Women’s Studies International Forum, 62, 116. https://doi-
org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1016/j.wsif.2017.05.001
Similar to the source above, this article is also looking at rape culture on college campuses, while focusing on one particular social media post and the comment section. The article takes a look at two theories to see how social media affects people’s perceptions. The first theory being “boys will be boys” which argues the stereotype that men have to be dominant, aggressive, and sexually dominant over women in order to prove their manhood. This stereotype can lead men to believe their actions are right and justified. The second theory was looking at the normalization of rape culture within fraternities. The article talk about how rape culture manifests
within these groups through acts such as disrespecting women, flexing their dominance at parties, and engaging in sexual assault wither alone or with their brothers. The facebook post the article focused on for their study had 938 total comments under it and the overall theme was
that people viewed rape as something that wasn’t that serious or even as a joke. The relevance this has to my project is it shows how people view rape culture and how it manifests itself on college campuses. I think not only seeing how people view this topic and responding to claims of it are just as important in how we see it in everyday campus life. ●
Katz, J., & Moore, J. (2013). Bystander Education Training for Campus Sexual Assault Prevention: An Initial Meta-Analysis. Violence & Victims, 28(6), 1054–1067. https://doi-
org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00113
This source evaluated how effective bystander intervention programs were on college campuses for preventing sexual assault. Research was conducted through meta-analysis by reviewing data from twelve different studies that were conducted on college campuses and their
bystander education programs. Results found were that the effects of the programs were moderate on both effectiveness and people's willingness to help others. The relevance this has to my project is it shows that these types of programs do have some positive benefit in both bystanders self-reporting, their willingness to help, peoples outlook on rape and they noticed lower reports of assault. This data can help to show schools that don’t have programs such as these why they should implement them.
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Depraetere, J., Vandeviver, C., Beken, T. V., & Keygnaert, I. (2020). Big Boys Don’t Cry: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Male Sexual Victimization. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 21(5), 991–1010. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838018816979
This source is addressing the stereotype of women always being the victim and men being the attacker. It talks about how society and the media tend to focus more attention on female victims, leaving male victims to fall in the shadows. This source is also a meta-analysis as they reviewed research papers, policy documents, and “gray” literature that had been published to electronic databases between the years 2007-2017 to see the prevalence of male victims of assault. I feel this source is important to include because it talks about gender roles and norms and how male victimization is vastly under researched and reported compared to females.
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Moylan, C. A. (2017). “I Fear I’m a Checkbox”: College and University Victim Advocates’ Perspectives of Campus Rape Reforms. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, 23(9), 1122–1139. https://doi-org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1177/1077801216655623
This source explores the campus based victim advocates viewpoint and perspectives on implementing reforms on campus for rape and assault. Fourteen victims advocates and sexual assault specialists were interviewed and in their opinion schools seemed to have more of a focus for law compliance as a way to manage their liability and risks to these claims. The article also talks about how strict compliance to follow these laws has shown to be harmful to victims as it focuses more on a motivation to reform. How this is relevant to my topic is it shows the gap in policy and where it can be improved.
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