Highlights  of  Sexual  Assault  Climate  Survey  

Student  Experiences  &  Environment  Survey  (SEES)  

•  Administered  in  Spring  2016  to  3,893  randomly  selected  full-­‐Cme  undergraduates  ages  18-­‐25  

•  41%  response  rate    •  $10  TerrapinExpress  Credit  given  to  the  first  3000  for  compleCng  the  

survey  

•  53%  female;  46%  male;  1%  Transgender/Queer  •  62%  White,  20%  Asian,  11%  Black,  5%  MulCple  •  8%  Hispanic  •  74%  age  20  or  younger  

•  Mean=19.7,  SD=1.3  

Sexual  Assault  Defini;ons  

•  Non-­‐Consensual  Sexual  Intercourse  •  Rape  

Sexual  Assault  I  

•  Non-­‐Consensual  Sexual  Contact/Touching  •  AZempted  rape  

Sexual  Assault  II  

•  Physical  force  •  Coercion/threat  •  Incapacitated  

CondiCons  assessed  for  any  assault  

Prevalence  of  Sexual  Assault  Since  Coming  to  UMD    %  “Yes”  or  “Prefer  Not  to  Say”  

11.9%  

6.9%  

3.0%  

20.2%  

8.8%  

24.2%  22.7%  

10.0%  

24.2%  

0%  

5%  

10%  

15%  

20%  

25%  

30%  

Females  (n=1907)   Males  (n  =  1619)   Transgender/Queer  (n  =33)  

%  of  stude

nts  

Sexual  Assault  1     Sexual  Assault  2   Either  Type  

Note:  Includes  both  “yes”  and  “prefer  not  to  say”  responses.  

8.1%  

3.0%  

0.0%  

16.4%  

4.4%  

21.2%  

18.3%  

5.3%  

21.2%  

0%  

5%  

10%  

15%  

20%  

25%  

30%  

Females  (n=1907)   Males  (n  =  1619)   Transgender/Queer  (n  =33)  

%  of  stude

nts  

Sexual  Assault  1     Sexual  Assault  2   Either  Type  

Note:  Only  includes  “YES”  responses.  “Prefer  not  to  say”  responses  are  treated  as  “no.”  

PREVALENCE  OF  SEXUAL  ASSAULT  SINCE  COMING  TO  UMD    %  “YES”    

33%  18%  

49%  

Males  

True   Not  True   Undecided  

“I  think  sexual  assault  is  a  problem  at  UMD.”  

39%  

12%  

49%  

Trans,  Queer,  Other  

44%  

9%  

47%  

Females  

Involvement  in  SEXUAL  ASSAULT-­‐Related  PREVENTION  Ac;vi;es  Since  A\ending  UMD,  by  Gender  

0%   10%   20%   30%   40%   50%   60%   70%   80%   90%   100%  

Volunteered  or  interned  

Taken  a  class  

None  of  these  

AZended  rally  or  other  campus  event  

Visited  UMD  website  

Seen/heard  in  student  pubs/media  

AZended  bystander  training  

Discussed  topics  related  to  SA  

Seen/heard  administrators  or  staff  

Read  report  

Seen  crime  alerts  

Seen  posters  

%  Yes  

Males  Females  Trans,  Queer,  Other  

59%  greater  for  females  than  males  

75%  overall  

72%  overall  

Since  coming  to  UMD,  have  you  received  wri\en  or  verbal  informa;on  from  anyone  at  UMD  about…?  

33%  

36%  

45%  

39%  

52%  

52%  

22%  

35%  

47%  

48%  

56%  

62%  

25%  

39%  

48%  

50%  

51%  

60%  

0%   10%   20%   30%   40%   50%   60%   70%   80%   90%   100%  

None  of  these  

How  UMD  responds  to  complaints  about  SA  

UMD  definiCon  of  SA  

How  to  report  SA  

Where  to  go  to  get  help  

How  to  help  prevent  SA  

Males  

Females  

Trans,  Queer,  Other  

%  Received  informa;on  

Students’  Beliefs  about  Sexual  Assault  Correct  responses  denoted  as  (A)  for  Agree  and  (D)  for  disagree.  

0%   10%   20%   30%   40%   50%   60%   70%   80%   90%   100%  

Sexual  assault  can  happen  unintenConally.  (D)  

Sexual  assault  occurs  when  someone  agrees  to  sexual  intercourse  and  then  changes  their  mind  when  it  is  too  late.  (D)  

Sexual  assault  occurs  when  one  person  can"t  control  their  sexual  urges.  (D)  

Sexual  assault  occurs  because  the  way  “no”  gets  communicated  is  unclear.  (D)  

Sexual  assault  happens  because  people  put  themselves  in  bad  situaCons.  (D)  

A  person  who  is  sexually  assaulted  while  drunk  is  at  least  partly  responsible  because  they  put  themselves  in  that  posiCon.  (D)  

I  am  confident  in  my  ability  to  disCnguish  between  drunk  sex  and  sexual  assault.  (A)  

It  is  important  to  get  consent  throughout  sexual  acCvity.  (A)  

It  is  sexual  assault  when  you  engage  in  sexual  acCvity  and  don’t  have  the  other  person’s  clear  permission  to  do  so.  (A)  

%  Responded  Correctly  

Male  

Female  

TQO  

Big  gender  difference?  

Big  gender  difference?  

Big    gender  difference?  

Alcohol  and  other  drug  use  at  the  ;me  of  sexual  assault  

Just  prior  to  the  incident,  was  the  other  person  using…?    Just  prior  to  the  incident,  were  you  using…?    

66%  of  vicCms  said  their  

perpetrator  had  been  using  

alcohol  and/or  other  drugs,  and  another  21%  were  not  sure.  

Alcohol/drug  use  (by  either  the  perpetrator  or  the  vicCm)  was  a  possible  factor  in  most  of  the  sexual  assaults  that  vicCms  described  (between  78%  and  88%).  

13%  

13%  

2%  

51%  

21%  

30%  

5%  

2%  

63%  

0%   20%   40%   60%   80%   100%  

Neither  drugs  nor  alcohol  

Drugs  and  alcohol  

Drugs  only  

Alcohol  only  

I  don't  know  

%  of  SA  Vic;ms  

Perpetrator  VicCm  

61%  

30%  

6%  

0%  

3%  

6%  

55%  

34%  

10%  

10%  

8%  

8%  

48%  

28%  

10%  

7%  

8%  

6%  

0%   20%   40%   60%   80%   100%  

I  think  I  can  do  something  about  sexual  assault.  

I  think  there  is  much  I  can  do  about  sexual  assault  at  UMD.  

I  have  been  or  am  currently  involved  in  ongoing  efforts  to  end  sexual  assault  on  

campus.  

I  have  recently  taken  part  in  acCviCes  or  volunteered  my  Cme  on  projects  focused  on  ending  sexual  assault  on  campus.  

Doing  something  about  sexual  assault  is  solely  the  job  of  sexual  assault  prevenCon  

groups  on  campus  like  CARE  to  Stop  

I  am  acCvely  involved  in  projects  to  deal  with  sexual  assault  at  UMD.  

Males  

Females  

TQO  

Do  students  feel  empowered  to  do  something  about  sexual  assault?  

%  Agree  

No#ce  the  apparent  gap  between  self-­‐efficacy  and  

ac#on.  

QUESTIONS?