Book/Printed Material Sexual assault experiences in the active-component army : variation by year, gender, sexual orientation, and installation risk level

Title

• Sexual assault experiences in the active-component army : variation by year, gender, sexual orientation, and installation risk level

Summary

• To better understand the circumstances surrounding sexual assault in the Army, RAND Arroyo Center researchers created descriptions of active-component soldiers' most serious sexual assault experiences using data from the 2016 and 2018 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members. In this report, researchers describe the most common types of behaviors that occurred, characteristics of alleged perpetrators, and times and places in which the experiences occurred. They also explore differences by gender, sexual orientation, and installation risk level. Nearly 90 percent of victims believed that the assault was committed for a sexual reason, and more than half indicated that the assault was meant to be abusive or humiliating. The typical perpetrator of victims' most serious sexual assault experiences was a male enlisted member of the military acting alone. Perpetrators were most often a military peer of the victim; perpetrators who were strangers to the victim were uncommon; and assaults by spouses, significant others, or family members were comparatively rare. Approximately two-thirds of victims' most serious experience of sexual assault occurred at a military installation. The authors found substantial differences by gender, especially in terms of the types of sexual assault behaviors victims experienced and in terms of the setting in which victims were sexually assaulted. The authors also found some evidence suggesting that sexual minorities-that is, individuals who identify with a sexual orientation other than heterosexual-may experience more-violent sexual assaults and more assaults that are meant to abuse, humiliate, haze, or bully, especially among men.

Names

• Calkins, Avery, author
• Cefalu, Matthew, author
• Schell, Terry L., 1967- author
• Cottrell, Linda. author
• Meadows, Sarah O. (Sarah Opal), 1978- author
• Collins, Rebecca L.. author
• United States. Army
• Arroyo Center
• Rand Corporation

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2022]
• ©2022

Contents

• Construction of Experience Descriptions -- Sexual Assaults in the Active-Component Army in 2016 and 2018 -- Differences in the Sexual Assault Experience by Gender -- Differences in the Sexual Assault Experience by Sexual Orientation -- Differences in the Sexual Assault Experience by Installation Risk Level.

Headings

• -  Rape in the military--United States
• -  Sexual harassment in the military--United States
• -  Sexual harassment in the military
• -  United States

Notes

• -  "RAND ARROYO CENTER"
• -  "Prepared for the United States Army"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical resources (pages 160-162).
• -  See Also RAND/IG-A1385-1, RAND/RB-A1385-2
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xx, 162 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• UB418.W65

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739247

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739247

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739247

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