Intercollegiate Athletes and Sexual Violence A Review of Literature and Recommendations for Future Study

The 1990s saw the development of research on violence against women perpetrated by intercollegiate student-athletes. Research in this field stagnated during the last 15 years, despite the fact that this time period has evidenced multiple high-profile, even fatal, cases of violence against women at t...

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Published inTrauma, violence & abuse Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 438 - 443
Main Author McCray, Kristy L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Inc 01.10.2015
SAGE Publications
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Adult
Aggression
Assaults
Athletes
Athletes - psychology
Athletes - statistics & numerical data
Civil rights
College sports
College students
Colleges & universities
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Female
Females
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Intimate partner violence
Intimate Partner Violence - prevention & control
Intimate Partner Violence - psychology
Literature reviews
Male
R&D
Rape - prevention & control
Rape - psychology
Research & development
Rights
Sex crimes
Sex Offenses - prevention & control
Sex Offenses - psychology
Sexual assault
Sports - psychology
Students - psychology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Universities
Violence
Women
Young Adult
domestic violence
offenders
sexual assault
adult victims
prevention
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Summary:The 1990s saw the development of research on violence against women perpetrated by intercollegiate student-athletes. Research in this field stagnated during the last 15 years, despite the fact that this time period has evidenced multiple high-profile, even fatal, cases of violence against women at the hands of male student-athletes. These events prompted the Office of Civil Rights to call upon universities to more appropriately investigate and sanction perpetrators of sexual assault. The ensuing actions by universities are expected to bring a renewed focus on male student-athletes, requiring further research to explore student-athletes sexually abusing women. This article outlines the pertinent literature on violence against women by male student-athletes, and suggests future research using new institutionalism as a theoretical framework.
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ISSN:1524-8380
1552-8324
DOI:10.1177/1524838014537907