Socio-Cultural, Personal and Psychological Factors of Rape Social science Essay
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Rape and other forms of sexual assault remain an overpowering challenge not only in the United States but also globally (Bedera & Nordmeyer, 2015). Available statistics demonstrate that an estimated 15 to 38% of women in the United States experience a sexual assault or rape during their lifetime (Jozkowski, Peterson, Sanders, Dennis, & Reece, 2014), and that college women are more susceptible to rape and other forms of sexual assault than women in the general population due to the dynamics involved (Koo, Nguyen, Andrasik, & George, 2015).