Sexual assault experiences in the active-component army : variation by year, gender, sexual orientation, and installation risk level / Avery Calkins, Matthew Cefalu, Terry L. Schell, Linda Cottrell, Sarah O. Meadows, Rebecca L. Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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.

Contributor:

United States. Army

Arroyo Center

Rand Corporation

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-A1385-2.

Research report ; RR-A1385-2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rape in the military--United States.

Rape in the military.

Sexual harassment in the military--United States.

Sexual harassment in the military.

United States.

Physical Description:

xx, 162 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

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

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.

Contents:

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Construction of Experience Descriptions

Chapter Three: Sexual Assaults in the Active-Component Army in 2016 and 2018

Chapter Four: Differences in the Sexual Assault Experience by Gender

Chapter Five: Differences in the Sexual Assault Experience by Sexual Orientation

Chapter Six: Differences in the Sexual Assault Experience by Installation Risk Level

Chapter Seven: Conclusion

Appendix A: Data Cleaning

Appendix B: Technical Details of Constructing Sexual Assault Experience Descriptions

Appendix C: Tabular Results for Chapters 3 Through 7

Appendix D: Tabular Results by Gender and Survey Year

Appendix E: Tabular Results by Gender and Installation Risk Level.

Notes:

"RAND ARROYO CENTER"

"Prepared for the United States Army"

Includes bibliographical resources (pages 160-162)

See Also RAND/IG-A1385-1, RAND/RB-A1385-2

ISBN:

197741012X

9781977410122

OCLC:

1350383338