Defining Consent Symposium Keynote No Easy Answers: Can Colleges Define Consent and Reduce Unwanted Sex? The Defining Consent Online Symposium (.pdf) was convened for the Council on Contemporary Families by Stephanie Coontz and Paula England, who prepared this overview of the seven-part series. Their takeaway: Let’s reject simplistic answers and deal with the complicated realities […]
Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Sexual Abuse & Misconduct
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 […]
Topics of Expertise: Sexual Abuse & MisconductSexual 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 […]
Topics of Expertise: Sexual Abuse & MisconductTHE TRICKY BUSINESS OF SORTING OUT SEXUAL ASSAULT: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CCF SYMPOSIUM ON INTIMATE VIOLENCE by Stephanie Coontz , Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families, and Faculty Member in History, The Evergreen State College; coontzs@msn.com April 20, 2015 Violent crime has been falling Many people do not realize that violent […]
Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Gender & Sexuality / Sexual Abuse & MisconductWomen 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 […]
Topics of Expertise: Sexual Abuse & Misconduct
