The present research describes one arm of the Community Programming Initiative, a dualpronged sexual assault prevention effort (N = 1285). Men and women living in randomly selected 1 year residence halls participated in tailored single-sex sexual assault prevention, or risk reduction programs, respectively. An evaluation of the sexual assault prevention program for men is presented (N = 635). T...

Background: The human immunodefi ciency virus (HIV), acquired immune defi ciency syndrome (AIDS), hepatitis B and syphilis have a common mode of transmission, which is through sexual intercourse. These are also transmitted percutaneously and by blood transfusion. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis among victims of sexual assault by analysi...

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of reports in the U.S. of the use of drugs, often in conjunction with alcohol, to commit sexual assault. A study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of drug use in sexual assault cases in which substances are suspected of being involved. Law enforcement agencies, emergency rooms, and rape crisis centers across the U.S. were offered t...

This paper investigates the extent to which fraternity brotherhood culture can promote male-sexual assault and homophobia on college campuses through a meta-analysis of literary analyses Greek life, university sexual scripts, homophobic rhetoric. Examination over ten journal articles reviews assault, homophobia, and/or scripts reveal underlying social evolutionary present in cases, intersecting...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between college men’s sexual victimization experiences, engagement in a number of health risk behaviors, and sexual functioning. The study also examined sexual victimization by assault severity categories and utilized a multiitem, behaviorally specific, gender-neutral measure. Three hundred and two male college students were recruited fo...

Americans age 12 or older experienced approximately 24.2 million violent and property victimizations in 2001 according to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Overall criminal victimizations included about 18.3 million property crimes (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and theft), 5.7 million violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault), and abo...