College enrollment, on-campus residence, the campus anti-rape movement, and sexual violence risk among women aged 18 to 24 years
<b>Objectives</b>: To estimate the risk of sexual violence against 18-to-24-year-old women with comparisons between college students and non-students, between residential and commuter college students, and between the years before and after the mainstreaming of the campus anti-rape movement in 2014. <b>Participants and Methods</b>: We analyzed data from 2007 through 2022 from 61,869 women surveyed for the nationally representative National Crime Victimization Survey. <b>Results</b>: Since the campus anti-rape movement became mainstream (2015-2022), the 6-month sexual violence victimization prevalence was 74% greater for college-enrolled women (0.46%; 95% CI = 0.37%, 0.56%) than for non-enrolled women (0.26%; 95% CI = 0.21%, 0.33%). Over that same period, among college-students, the 6-month rate for on-campus residents (1.05%; 95% CI = 0.78%, 1.42%) was triple that for commuter students (0.33%; 95% CI = 0.24%, 0.44%). <b>Conclusions</b>: The risk of sexual violence victimization for young women who attend college - especially for on-campus residents - now exceeds that for those who are not enrolled.
Authors
- Kathryn O. DuBois (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4039-2101)
- Amélie Pedneault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3822-5366)
Institutions
- Washington State University Vancouver (US)
- Institute of Criminology (SI)
- Washington State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of American College Health
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2563024
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.73