College Party Culture and Sexual Assault

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This paper considers the degree to which events that intensify partying increase sexual assault. Estimates are based on panel data from campus and local law-enforcement agencies and an identification strategy that exploits plausibly random variation in the timing of Division 1 football games. The estimates indicate that these events increase daily reports of rape with 17-24 year old victims by 28 percent. The effects are driven largely by 17-24 year old offenders and by offenders unknown to the victim, but we also find significant effects on incidents involving offenders of other ages and on incidents involving offenders known to the victim.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9700

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Higher Education; Research Institutions ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
• Subject: sexual assault ; rape ; college ; alcohol ; football

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lindo, Jason M. ; Siminski, Peter ; Swensen, Isaac D.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/141459
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET