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Study finds significant increase in reported rapes on football game days
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
campus security report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6247
pISSN - 1551-2800
DOI - 10.1002/casr.30139
Subject(s) - college football , football , psychology , sexual assault , medicine , injury prevention , poison control , medical emergency , political science , law
Does a college or university campus with a significant sports presence create a heightened risk of sexual assault for college‐aged women? A recent study found there was a 28 percent increase in reported rapes of college‐aged women (defined by the study as 17–24 years old) on those days on which Division I‐A football games were played versus reported rapes on non‐game days.