Woman abuse in dating relationships: Rethinking women's safety on campus (original) (raw)

1993, The Journal of Human Justice

First appearing in a popular women's magazine in 1982, the term 'date rape' was introduced in a discussion of research by Koss and Oros. While earlier research had documented sexual aggression in heterosexual dating relationships (see Kirpatrick and Kanin 1957; also Giarrusso, Johnson, Goodchilds, and Zellman 1979, cited in Bohmer and Parrot 1993), it is significant that the Koss and Oros study was based on a national survey of US college students. In this survey, researchers found that between 20 and 25 percent of women students had experienced forced sex at some time during their college careersJ Since then, in light of the extensive documentation of abuse in dating relationships, 2 administrators of US and Canadian universities/colleges 3 are being forced to reconsider the notion that the quality of campus life concerns purely educational matters. Specifically, they are finding it necessary to rethink traditional approaches to safety on campus. For decades, universi ties have been viewed as sanctuaries from crime and other social problems; during the past few years this view has been challenged.

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