ACQUAINTANCE/DATE RAPE RESOURCES
These are Acquaintance/Date Rape Resources.
Please also see:
Drug-Facilitated Rape || Prison Rape || "Rape Culture" || Sexual Harassment || Sexual Assualt
ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH
(click here for Organizations/Agencies)
Date Rape: A Hidden Crime
Report from the Australian Institute of Criminology, June 2000.
Drug-Assisted Date Rapes on Rise, Hard to Prosecute
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 3, 2001
Hard to Swallow
The Guardian, June 5, 2001
Minnesota Student Survey 1998, Risks, Protectors and Pre-Teen Behaviors
Study based on student surveys, which examines the links between risk and protection levels and the effect on positive and negative pre-teen behavior. [PDF]
Peer Sexual Abuse Dangerous for Teens
HealthScoutNews, August 27, 2001
Perspectives on Acquaintance Rape
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, 1997
SAFE Acquaintance Rape Pages
What acquaintance rape is, risk factors, special issues when the assailant is an acquaintance, education, resources.
The Sexual Victimization of College Women
Report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, and National Institute of Justice released January 2001 regarding the sexual victimization of college women, on- and off-campus, including sexual assault, harassment, and stalking.
Teen's Account of Assault Led to More Reports, Arrest
The Baltimore Sun, November 5, 2001
What Teens Should Know About Date Rape
From KidHealth a joint project of the A.M.A. and the Nemours Foundation.
COMMENTARY and OPINION
"All Rape Is 'Real' Rape" by Alice Vachss
The New York Times, OP-ED, August 11, 1993
"Lynch Law" by Andrew Vachss
From Born Bad, a collection of short stories by Andrew Vachss
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
(click here for Articles/Information/Research)
Coercion, Rape, & Surviving
120 Richmond Quad
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14261
Phone: (716) 645-2720
ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/violenceoverview.shtml
University of Buffalo's Acquaintance Rape Pages: prevention, legal info, warning signs, drugs, referrals and resources.
Dublin Rape Crisis Center
70 Lower Leeson Street
Dublin 2 IRELAND
Phone: 353 1 661 4911
Toll-free: 1 800 77 88 88
www.drcc.ie/help/date
Date and acquaintance rape resources from the Dublin (Ireland) Rape Crisis Center.
National Clearinghouse on Marital & Date Rape
2325 Oak Street
Berkeley, CA 94708
members.aol.com/ncmdr/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
Phone: (301) 519-5500
TTY Toll-free: 1-877-712-9279
Toll-free: 1-800-851-3420
www.ncjrs.org
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
Toll-free Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE
www.rainn.org
RAINN is a national hotline for victims of sexual assault. Calls to the hotline are instantly computer-routed to the 24-hour rape crisis center nearest the caller.
