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Sexual Assault & Stalking Acquaintance Rape National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), 2006. This online resource describes acquaintance rape and its effects on victims and dispelling many myths on the subject. It provides references and additional contact information. Acquaintance Rape of College Students Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), July 2006. Rape is one of the most common violent crimes on American college campuses today. This guide describes the problem of acquaintance rape of college students, addressing its scope, causes, and contributing factors; methods for analyzing it on a particular campus; tested responses; and measures for assessing response effectiveness. With this information, police and campus public safety officers can more effectively prevent the problem. Campus Sexual Assault: How America’s Institutions of Higher Education Respond National Institute of Justice (NIJ), October 2002. This 1999 study examined how institutions of higher education (IHE) are responding to the threat of sexual assaults on campus in the areas of prevention, victim support services, reporting policies, protocols, barriers, facilitators, adjudication procedures, and sanctions. (NCJ 196676) Creating an Effective Stalking Protocol Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), September 2002. This monograph is designed to help law enforcement agencies improve their responses to stalking. It focuses on the need to establish collaborative partnerships with the community and to develop protocols to help law enforcement address stalking more effectively. The COPS Office funded the National Center for Victims of Crime to develop and field test a Model Stalking Protocol. The Protocol was tested by the Philadelphia Police Department. This publication addresses how law enforcement agencies can implement a Model Stalking Protocol for early intervention, preventive action, and proactive problem-solving in stalking cases. Developing Antecedents of Violence Against Women: A Longitudinal Perspective (Executive Summary) National Institute of Justice (NIJ), May 2001. This study examined the developmental factors that were antecedents of physical and sexual violence perpetrated against young women by acquaintances, using data from a 5-year study of victimization among college students. (NCJ 187770) Men Can Stop Rape An organization that empowers male youth to prevent men's violence and aggression against women. The National Women’s Health Information Center: Date Rape Drugs Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 2006. This online resource the three types of date rape drugs: GHB (gamma hydroxybutyric acid), Rohypnol (flunitrazepam), and Ketamine (ketamine hydrochloride) and explains their usage, what they look like and their effect. It also provides pointers on how to avoid becoming a victim. Sexual Assault on Campus: What Colleges and Universities Are Doing About It National Institute of Justice (NIJ), December 2005. After summarizing data on the nature and extent of sexual assault on college campuses, this study presents findings on response policies and procedures; reporting options; barriers and facilitators for reporting; reporter training and prevention programming; victim resources; and investigation, adjudication, and campus sanctions. Researchers studied a random sample of schools in the United States and Puerto Rico that receive student financial aid from the Federal Government. Almost 2,500 schools were examined to determine their sexual assault policies, and campus administrators were asked about the issues mandated by Federal law for study. (NCJ 205521) Sexual Victimization of College Women National Institute of Justice (NIJ), December 2001. This research report presents an analysis of the sexual victimization of college women by examining two national-level surveys: the National College Women Sexual Victimization Study and the National Crime Victimization Survey, and assesses the extent and nature of the sexual victimization of college women. (NCJ 182369) Sexual Violence and Alcohol and Other Drug Use on Campus Higher Education Council for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention (HEC), 2005. This fact sheet describes the scope of the problem of sexual assault on campus, perpetrator characteristics and situational circumstances that may make assaults more likely to happen, and the role alcohol and other drugs, including rape-facilitating drugs, play in sexual assault. Stalking Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), March 2006. Stalking creates uncertainty, instills fear and can completely disrupt lives. This guide reviews the problem of stalking and the factors that contribute to it. It identifies a series of questions to help law enforcement analyze their local problem. Finally, it reviews responses to the problem of stalking and what is known about them from evaluative research and police practice.
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