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Article: U.S. finds 1.7 percent of coeds raped in '96-97
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- January 27, 2001
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION
The Justice Department estimated Friday that 1.7 percent of U.S. college women were raped during the 1996-97 school year and another 1.1 percent were victims of attempted rape.
The report also estimated that 13 percent of college women had been stalked at school that year -- a much higher figure than an earlier private study had found among women of all ages.
The federally funded researchers, who used a broader definition of stalking, concluded that women face a higher risk of stalking on campuses because they have close contact with a wide variety of men there.
At Congress' request, the department's National Institute of ...