Undergraduate women at larger, public universities are at greater risk of becoming victims of rape than those at smaller, private colleges, a new study suggests. The study, published in the journal Violence and Gender, examined data from the Online College Social Life Survey, which was conducted between 2005 to 2011 and contained responses from about 16,000 female students at 22 institutions. The study’s author, Stephen Cranney, then compared the rates of rape where victims are incapacitated by alcohol or drugs, forced rape, attempted forced rape and “unwanted sex due to verbal pressure” by type and size of institution, as well as how popular sororities and fraternities were on a given campus.

July 12, 2016 ・ From Inside Higher Ed