...students during enrollment. The group decided to cover campus safety because college bound females are the most vulnerable to sexual assault. By covering the statistics, the researchers hope to prevent further attack. The following paragraphs include a comparison of university size to assault rates, provide specific examples of sexual assault, and inform about the precautions that many colleges choose to take and the precautions that are being taken in order to prevent further mishap. The first case that people were informed about happened in the early 2000’s and it wasn’t until...
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...United States. Described as nonconsensual sexual contact achieved by force, manipulation or coercion between two people who know each other, it is a form of sexual violence that had been given little attention prior to the 1980’s. Recent studies indicate that one in four female college students will be the victim of acquaintance rape at some time during four years of college making it the fastest growing crime against females in college institutions. However, because there are widespread false impressions among all college students that acquaintance rape does not exist, is not “really rape” or is not a serious crime, many believe that it is not as traumatic to the victim as rape by someone unknown to them. These erroneous beliefs often leave the victims of acquaintance rape more devastated than the rape action itself. The purpose of this paper is to examine the facts surrounding female acquaintance rape on college campuses and the role that crisis intervention techniques play in the recovery from an experience that many experts describe as crippling. The Impact of Acquaintance Rape for Female College Students Every two minutes someone in the United States is raped, and the chance of the victim being a female college student is four times greater than that of any other demographic (Burnett et al., 2009). Research and documentation confirms that college campuses are hotbed environments for rape, and that sexual assault is a considerable problem. In fact, a study...
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...QUESTIONS P. 3 II. HYPOTHESES/THEORIES P. 4 III. SAMPLING PROCEDURE P. 5 IV. COVER LETTER P. 6 V. QUESTIONNAIRE P. 7 VI. LITERATURE REVIEW P. 8 VII. DATA ANALYSIS P. 10 VIII. RESEARCH FINDINGS/CONCLUSION P. 18 IX. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED P. 19 X. REFERENCE LIST P. 20 I. INTRODUCTION GOAL STATEMENT: To find out who suffers from rape incidents in the state of Connecticut. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES: Gender Race Age Knowing the identity of the perpetrator Educational Level RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. What gender is sexually assaulted more often in the state of Connecticut? 2. What race is arrested more often for sexual assault in the state of Connecticut? 3. What is the age group of the majority of those being raped in the state of Connecticut? 4. Are most cases of sexual assault committed in Connecticut by a person known by the victim? 5. What is education level of those being sexually assaulted in the state of Connecticut? II. HYPOTHESES/THEORIES H1: FEMALES ARE SEXUALLY ASSUALTED MORE OFTEN THE MALES IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. T1: The possible theory surrounding this hypothesis is because possibly men are more apt to act physically to fulfill their sexual urges then women, thus increasing the number of successful rape attempts. H2: WHITES FEMALES ARE SEXUALLY ASAULTED MORE THE MINORITY FEMALES OR MALES OF ANY RACE IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. T2:...
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...while it might be all fun an games, it is one that needs to be stopped. Drinking alcohol might appear to be fun and all but it can lead to some devastating consequences, including: increased risk of rape, sleep depravations and many other negative effects that effect your performance in your classes. In order for college students to follow the universities policies and not drink on campus, one must be willing to follow the rules and accept that it is not as cool as they think to drink large amounts of alcohol, understanding that it is not a smart and healthy choice to partake in the activity of consuming large amounts of alcohol and that the university only has these policies in place to better further the safety and quality of the students life while on campus. Drinking at college parties has become a very well known social norm and is one that is destroying the lives of many...
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...the damaging impact of their criminal behavior. A 2011 report by the National Gang Intelligence Center reported the number of gang members in the United States was conservatively estimated at 1.4 million. As these gang members evolve, are they using our nation’s colleges and universities to educate themselves? How will that affect our communities? A survey conducted by college students and campus police showed that less than one in four students agreed there was a gang problem in the community around their campus, while two of three of the police respondents agreed with the statement. Students and police agreed in similar percentages that there was a gang problem within the campus community. At least half of both students and police thought gang members were responsible for less than 10% of crime on campus. About two of three students and police reported less than 10% of the students were active gang members. The Bloods, Crips, and Gangster Disciples were the top three gangs in the campus community for both groups. Drugs crimes, assaults, assorted weapon crimes; robberies and sexual assaults were...
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...Berkeley Master of Engineering Program Student Handbook 2014-2015 edited 6/17/14 ld 1 Table of Contents MASTER OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM CONTACT INFORMATION ........................................................ 4 FUNG INSTITUTE FACULTY & STAFF .......................................................................................................................... 4 DEPARTMENT STAFF .................................................................................................................................................. 5 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES CONTACT INFORMATION ................................................................................ 6 MASTER OF ENGINEERING HONOR CODE ..................................................................................................... 7 ACADEMIC INTEGRITY................................................................................................................................................ 7 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ............................................................................................................................................. 10 THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................................... 10 ADVANCEMENT TO CANDIDACY .............................................................................................................................. 10 REGISTRATION...
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...Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of twenty-one die as a result of underage drinking; this includes approximately 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, and as well as hundreds from other injuries (NIAA). In today’s society we are presented with a real epidemic, underage drinking. As children grow older they are brought into different environments where they are presented with different obligations. Children bring alcohol into their lives to be cool or to fit in, but dying of alcohol poisoning leaves young people to fit into which group? Teenagers begin drinking as early as middle school or even sooner. (NLM) It is said that teens who drink are more likely to be victims of violent crimes. They are more likely to have serious problems in school. They are more likely to be involved in drinking and driving accidents. Children who start drinking young are also more likely to develop problems with alcohol later in life. With such a huge epidemic in underage drinking, why would law makers want to lower the legal age? Throughout the United States, most seventeen year olds receive their drivers’ license. Seventeen year olds are still in high school and still testing different waters; some of the “water” is alcohol. It is hard to believe, but 70 percent of all teenagers drink alcohol, and 60 percent of all teen deaths in car accidents are alcohol-related (Eagle). Most parents want to believe that when they...
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...Introduction Today’s college sex scene is often depicted in media headlines and academic studies as a plague pinning the millennial generation at its core of iniquity. However, a recent study on the “hookup culture,” demonstrated that the chief change in sexual habits for Generation Y is not the amount of sex contemporary college students are having, but the context in which they are choosing to have sex (Monto and Carey 2014). According to this 2014 study, college students are increasingly feeling less obligated to have sex within committed, monogamous relationships, and instead, are more likely to engage in casual intercourse. This change in sexual behavior among contemporary young adults is consistent with cultural shifts in the scripts...
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...behave violently in familial or dating relationships. Study Design The design of the study was cross-sectional and represented a multitude of demographics from across Los Angeles County. The culturally diverse group of participants ensured the data collected would remain bias free. Administered by a facilitator who read the questions aloud, each participant answered the same questions simultaneously. According to Kernsmith (2006), “Both the Los Angeles Probation Department and General Campus Human Subject Protection Committee approved these procedures prior to beginning the study” (p. 166) Operational Definition The administered questionnaire contained questions that would elicit direct responses regarding the witnessing of domestic violence during childhood, being a victim of abuse, or a victim of physical domestic violence. Questions also inquired about the level of fear felt in a relationship, whether they had experience abuse in prior relationships, and if they were a victim of sexual assault. Male and female participants answered the same questions, providing further proof that domestic violence is not limited to violence perpetrated by males alone. Few studies have examined the factors that mediate the relationship between...
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...University Avenue, Crookston, M N 56716 | (C) 2182800684 | shang043@crk.umn.edu Professional Summary Knowledgeable [Job Title] skilled in data collection, analysis and management. Works well under pressure and consistently meets deadlines and targets while delivering high quality work. Not full of enough work experience Skills Performance and scalability optimization Data management [Programming language] specialist Strong customer relations Strong interpersonal skills Design review Work History 01/2014 to Current Academic Assistance Center Jamie Fagerholt – University of Minnesota Crookston Help student study the Java programming and calculus course, not only help my knowledge of courses, but also practice my teaching skill, my patience, know new friends and get the approach to work with different people who comes from diverse countries. This work can help me find which parts or sections are hard to understand, and alert myself it is easy to make a mistake. In the freshmen year, I work with a lot of different countries students to accomplish a "bank system" by using the "NetBeans" software. My responsibility was to develop GUI and code for homepage and withdraw of bank. In the sophomore year, I changed to different students group to complete the "restaurant online reservation system" my job is to lead and analysis how to build it by using "Visio" software to create UML diagrams, activity diagrams, Entity Relationship diagrams, class diagrams, pseudocodes, and used...
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...Alcohol consumption poses a threat for many public health harms. Impaired driving is one of the largest contributors to motor vehicle crashes (Burris, Grunwald, Anderson, &ump; Filippoli, 2011). In the United States each year roughly 13,400 people die and an additional 255,500 are injured in motor vehicle crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver according to Burris et al., 2011. In 2006, these crashes accounted for almost a third of all U.S. traffic-related deaths (Burris et al., 2011). Alcohol is the most commonly abused substance in the United States according to Pandrea, Happel, Amedee, Bagby, &ump; Nelson, 2010, and studies show that reducing alcohol consumption can lead to public health improvements such as decreased incidence of “liver cirrhosis, delirium tremens, male suicide, criminality, hospitalizations, alcohol-related disease mortality, workplace injuries, STDs, IPV, rape, robbery, and severe violence towards children” (Jernigan). Public heath deals with many other issues that cause burdens to individuals and society alike such as obesity and gun use. Over the past several months, headlines in the news have been echoing “Chocolate Milk Removed from School Lunches,” and “Senate Considers Federal Tax on Soda.” While the removal of chocolate milk from school menus has actually happened in certain school districts across the country, federal tax on sodas has only been a proposal at this point. However, both echoes resounding through the news originated from escalating...
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...College Alcohol Study Can Help Your Campus Design a Campaign Against Student Alcohol Abuse (CAS: Campus Alcohol Study for short), focuses more heavily on binge drinking and prevention than it does on the Greek system itself. The authors, Wechsler, Nelson, and Weitzman, contend that binge drinking is a nationally recognized problem but has not been studied efficiently enough to warrant effective prevention plans. The purpose of this article is to share with the public the results of a survey representing 50,000 students in 140 colleges, in 39 states. This is the first nationally representative survey of its kind and the analysis of its outcome by the authors of this article has resulted in seemingly sound prevention ideas. To begin interpreting the binge drinking phenomenon, a solid understanding of the term must be presented. Binge drinking is defined by all the articles as consuming five or more drinks in rapid succession (four or more for women) at least once in a two week period. Shockingly, the College Alcohol Study (CAS) found that two out of every five college students binge drink. The authors of this article argue that binge drinking has negative effects not only on the drinkers, but also on the entire student body. The binge drinker might get alcohol poisoning, other related physical injuries, or weakened academic performance, while the non-binging students are subjected to insults, arguments, vandalism, physical and sexual assaults, and loss of sleep due to alcohol influenced...
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...Case Study 1 Christopher Jay Lawrence CIS210 System Analysis and Development Professor Bindu Geroge Case Study 1 Access Control System Due to the need for increased security around the campus we need to implement a new Access Control System (ACS) for access to the student dormitories, employee only areas and parking garages. The basic design of this system is to include proximity badge integration for access to the required areas listed above and cameras that will focus and record the face of individual transiting the access point. This system needs to be robust enough to handle the weather, with a backup emergency power system. The cameras need to be hi-res and need to be able to work under low to no light. This system needs to be able to be monitored 24 x 7 have the ability to save the recordings for a minim of two weeks and allow for remote open from the security desk. There are other points to consider since this is for a college. Due to the high level of sexual assault on most colleges and other common issues that arise due to the nature of college students here are a few other features that the system needs to have. There are to be emergency phones and call buttons at each station. These phones and buttons will call back to the security desk and will also trigger the cameras to record. If the emergency button is triggered at night area floods will also light for support in recording and assessment of the situation. These cameras need...
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...Prepared for THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PEACE, VIOLENCE, AND CONFLICT, 2nd ed., (Academic Press, expected 2008). Hate Crimes Jack Levin and Jack McDevitt Northeastern University I. Legal Distinctions II. Hate Crimes and Prejudice III. Why Treat Hate Crimes Differently? IV. Problems in Collecting Hate Crime Data V. Types of Hate Crimes VI. Organized Hate Groups VII. VIII. Are Hate Crimes on the Rise? Responses to Hate crimes IX. Conclusion GLOSSARY Defensive Hate Crimes Hate offenses aimed against particular “outsiders” who are regarded as posing a challenge to a perpetrator’s neighborhood, workplace, school, or physical wellbeing. Ethno-violence Acts of hate that do not necessarily rise to the legal standard of a crime, but contain an element of prejudice. Hate Crimes (also known as Bias Crimes) Criminal offenses motivated either entirely or in part by the fact or perception that a victim is different from the perpetrator. Mission Hate Crimes Hate offenses committed as an act of “war” against any and all members of a particular group of people. Modern Racism victim. Prejudice A negative attitude toward individuals based on their perceived group Subtle and institutionalized forms of bigotry based on the race of the membership. Retaliatory Hate Crimes terrorism. Thrill Hate Crimes Hate offenses typically committed by youngsters who are motivated by Hate offenses designed to get even for hate crimes or acts of the desire for excitement. HATE CRIMES are criminal...
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...Course Syllabus College of Criminal Justice and Security CJA/354 Version 4 Criminal Law Copyright © 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This is an introductory course in the study of criminal law, general legal principles, and how the criminal law functions in and affects modern society. This course highlights a variety of key topics, including the concept of crime and the development of criminal law, defenses to criminal charges, and a number of specific types of crimes, including personal crimes, property crimes, public order crimes, and offenses against public morality. Legal issues affecting punishment will also be discussed, as will ways the criminal law impacts victims of crime. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Champion, D. J. (2009). Leading U.S. Supreme Court cases in criminal justice: Briefs and key terms. Upper...
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