Links between sexual violence incidence rates and alcohol consumption or the use of drugs, are highlighted in new research on first year college students.
- One in three (35pc) women who experienced sexual violence said incapacitation by alcohol or drugs was the tactic used by the perpetrator.
- [Substance assisted] Coercion (34pc) and force or threat of force experienced by 20pc of women.
- Men experienced sexual violence at lower rate of 18pc saying incapacitation due to alcohol/drugs was a tactic, with by 16pc citing coercion and 8pc, force or threat of force.
- Two in three (65pc) of females in the survey and 72pc of males had what was regarded as a “hazardous pattern of alcohol consumption”.
- Among females, the experience of completed non-consensual penetration was above 35pc for those who used alcohol at a hazardous level and those who had used cannabis in the past 12 months.
- It rose to 44pc among females who had used ecstasy and 48pc among those who had used cocaine or ketamine.
- For male students, the experience of non-consensual penetration was particularly associated with having used drugs in the past 12 months
(Source: Links between sexual violence and alcohol or drug use highlighted in new student study )
Also see The ‘Unleashing’ Of Domestic, Familial & Intimate Partner Violence – The Drug Factor.
