Sexual assault is a pervasive problem on university and college campuses in the United
States that has garnered growing national attention, particularly in the past year. This is the …

In 2014, US president Barack Obama announced a White House Task Force to Protect
Students From Sexual Assault, noting that “1 in 5 women on college campuses has been …

There has been extensive discussion about gender gaps in representation and career
advancement in the sciences. However, psychological science itself has yet to be the focus …

Background Young women attending university are at substantial risk for being sexually
assaulted, primarily by male acquaintances, but effective strategies to reduce this risk …

Research has documented the profound negative impact of betrayal within experiences of
interpersonal trauma such as sexual assault (Freyd, 1994, 1996; Freyd, DePrince, & …

The literature has documented the widespread nature of sexual assault victimization among
college women. While the aftermath of violence against university women has also received …

The current review summarized results of 191 published empirical studies that examined the
risk and protective factors for sexual violence perpetration. Studies in the review examined …

This meta-analysis quantitatively compiled the results of studies from 1992 to 2009 to
determine the prevalence and types of victimization experienced by lesbian, gay, and …

The social learning theory of crime integrates Edwin H. Sutherland's diff erential association
theory with behavioral learning theory. It is a widely accepted and applied approaches to …

Because of inadequacies in the methods used to measure sexual assault, national crime
statistics, criminal victimization studies, convictions, or incarceration rates fail to reflect the …