{"id":31,"date":"2015-10-07T17:18:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T21:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/cpablog\/?p=31"},"modified":"2015-10-07T17:24:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T21:24:33","slug":"professor-tara-richards-discusses-sexual-violence-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/cpablog\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Professor Tara Richards Discusses Sexual Violence Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/cpablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/371\/2015\/10\/Richards_Tara.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/cpablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/371\/2015\/10\/Richards_Tara.jpg\" alt=\"Richards_Tara\" width=\"418\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tara Richards<\/strong>, a criminal justice assistant\u00a0professor at UB,\u00a0is quoted in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/sexual-assault-survey_56000600e4b08820d9193f54\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Huffington Post <\/em>story<\/a>\u00a0about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aau.edu\/uploadedFiles\/AAU_Publications\/AAU_Reports\/Sexual_Assault_Campus_Survey\/Report%20on%20the%20AAU%20Campus%20Climate%20Survey%20on%20Sexual%20Assault%20and%20Sexual%20Misconduct.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new campus climate\u00a0survey\u00a0on sexual assault and misconduct<\/a>,\u00a0conducted by the Association of American Universities\u00a0(AAU). The survey gathered responses from 150,072 students at 27 higher education institutions\u2014one of the largest sexual harassment and assault surveys completed among US college students.<\/p>\n<p>Richards believes the AAU survey results are \u201can important new tool regarding the context of gender-based violence among college students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The results reveal that 50-75% of surveyed students have experienced sexual harassment, including 3 of every 4 LGBTQ students. Approximately 1 in 10 female students are victims of assault involving sexual penetration through force or incapacitation. Over 11 percent of undergraduate women and nearly 15 percent of undergraduate LGBTQ students have experienced penetration or oral sex without their affirmative consent. According to survey results, freshmen, LGBTQ, and Native American students face the highest risks.<\/p>\n<p>The survey found that most students don\u2019t report sexual assaults. Of the few who do report an incident to their university or the police, most fear that no action will be taken. \u201cThe fact that many students reporting \u2018penetration by force\u2019 still feel that they will not be taken seriously or that no one will care or act on their behalf highlights how far we still have to go regarding changing the entire culture around sexual violence,\u201d said Richards.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubalt.edu\/cpa\/faculty\/alphabetical-directory\/tara-richards.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Tara Richards<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubalt.edu\/cpa\/about-the-college\/schools\/school-of-criminal-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\">School of Criminal Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tara Richards, a criminal justice assistant\u00a0professor at UB,\u00a0is quoted in a Huffington Post story\u00a0about a new campus climate\u00a0survey\u00a0on sexual assault and misconduct,\u00a0conducted by the Association of American Universities\u00a0(AAU). The survey gathered responses from 150,072 students at 27 higher education institutions\u2014one of the largest sexual harassment and assault surveys completed among US college students. 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