How Well Are College Campuses Handling Sexual Assaults?
Open Access
Author:
Ingersoll, Gizelle
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type:
Thesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Sarah A Damaske, Thesis Supervisor Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor
Keywords:
Sexual assault College campuses Title IX Criminology Sociology News News Articles
Abstract:
Sexual assault is an overlooked concern on college campuses. While the information is getting more coverage, news, and more conversations are being held about sexual assault (Moyer, 2024) still not enough is being done and the information is being hidden or “swept under the rug” (Sacharczyk, 2023). Gathering evidence from criminology and sociology, this project focuses on collecting qualitative content data and an analytic approach to news articles to consider the common themes and relationships between what is being covered in the news and what is happening behind the scenes. Most especially, my interest lies in researching the sense of protection that is brought forth when discussing college sexual assaults, the information that is available to the public, and whether students' voices are being heard. Overall, results provided information on the types of students and institutions that were protected as well as whether students' voices were censored. More importantly, discussed was the role of Title IX and whether they were fulfilling their duties or if the institutions were doing enough to aid sexual assault relief and intervention.
