A Review of National Crime Victim Victimization Findings on Rape and Sexual Assault A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Intimate Partner Violence by CCF intern Jessica L. Wheeler. There are two major sources for national data on rape and sexual assault: the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization […]

Sexual Assault on Campus A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Intimate Partner Violence by Elizabeth Armstrong, Professor of Sociology and Organizational Studies, University of Michigan, elarmstr@umich.edu, and Jamie Budnick, Sociology Doctoral Candidate, University of Michigan, jalobu@umich.edu.  April 20, 2015 Recent scandals about sexual assaults on college campuses have provoked […]

Women Not Enrolled in Four-Year Universities and Colleges Have Higher Risk of Sexual Assault A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Intimate Partner Violence by Jennifer Barber, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan, jebarber@umich.edu, 723/764-8633, and Yasamin Kusunoki, Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, and Jamie […]