Investigating the Implications of Sexual Assaults with Ride-Sharing: A Call for Research

Sexual assault rates are increasing with ride-shares. Sexual violence data are often underestimated due to sexual violence cases going unreported and can lead to negative health outcomes. There is no research on the phenomenon of sexual assaults among ride-share users. This manuscript investigates s...

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Published inJournal of interpersonal violence Vol. 39; no. 21-22; pp. 4489 - 4497
Main Authors Tillewein, Heather, Cox, Destiny
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2024
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Assaults
Companies
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Sex crimes
Sex Offenses - statistics & numerical data
policies
ride-sharing
sexual violence
consumerism
sexual assault
reporting
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Summary:Sexual assault rates are increasing with ride-shares. Sexual violence data are often underestimated due to sexual violence cases going unreported and can lead to negative health outcomes. There is no research on the phenomenon of sexual assaults among ride-share users. This manuscript investigates sexual assaults from two ride-share companies and the policies/procedures in place to prevent sexual assaults. The data from two ride-share companies’ previous Safety Reports were compared to see an increase in sexual assaults. The researchers looked at policies and regulations that ride-share companies have to prevent sexual assault. There is a call for research to investigate more in-depth the sexual assaults that have occurred including demographic data, geographic location, global positioning system failure, and the effectiveness of the criminal background checks.
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ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/08862605241237170