Miami University, like many institutions, is subject to Title IX regulations which mandate a timely response to sexual assaults and public access to reporting data through the Clery Act. This publicly available data of reported campus sexual assaults (CSA) can and should inform improvements in CSA awareness and targeted prevention programs at Miami University. However, […]
A09: Sexual Assault Awareness at Miami University
The research question we ask is “To what extent are First Year students at Miami University aware of campus sexual assault prevalence?” This question is relevant for the field of Sociology because we are researching the human behaviors of college students depending on their experience and knowledge of Sexual Assault. Our research group sent out […]
C27: How Members of Greek Life and Student Athletics Contribute to Campus Culture Regarding the Sexual Assault Perpetration on College Campuses: A Review of The Literature
This literature review is an examination of How Members of Greek Life and Athletics Contribute to Campus Culture Regarding the Sexual Assault perpetration on college campuses. The review identified target audiences in regards to perpetration through prevalence, hypermasculinity, rape myth acceptance, alcohol involvement, as well as campus culture. The relevancy is to raise awareness on […]
CSIV-01: Reporting of Sexual Assault on Airlines
This research takes a sociological look at sexual assault on airplanes, and why there seems to be a higher rate of reporting. Sexual assault is of high interest in the field of sociology, but there seems to be a gap in the data about those incidents that take place on airplanes. We used 80 news […]
B75: A Comparison Ohio Universities’ Sexual Misconduct Policies
Prevalence rates of sexual assault on college campuses vary from 1% to 25% of college students, making it imperative that universities have extensive, yet easily accessible student misconduct policies to help prevent violence and provide resources to survivors. This poster describes attempts to determine how well universities are matching the recommendations made by the Obama […]