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Article: ODU RAISES AWARENESS OF SEXUAL-ASSAULT RISKS MOST COLLEGE RAPE VICTIMS ARE ATTACKED BY SOMEONE THEY KNOW, USUALLY AFTER DRINKING.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 29, 1997
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Byline: MATTHEW BOWERS, STAFF WRITER
NORFOLK -- The numbers show lots of things about sexual assaults and students:
One out of four college women has been raped or assaulted.
One in six has been assaulted during the college years.
From 75 percent to 85 percent are attacked by a date or someone they know, usually after drinking.
The vast majority of sexual assaults go unreported.
The numbers, from various studies as reported by local college officials, only go so far, however.