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Alcohol Consumption And Its Potential Ability To Predict Health Perceptions, Gregory J. Joseph, Jennifer L. Zorland Apr 2016

Alcohol Consumption And Its Potential Ability To Predict Health Perceptions, Gregory J. Joseph, Jennifer L. Zorland

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


I Want To Get This Off My Chest: When Perpetrators Publicly Disclose How They Raped Their Victims, Rebekah M. Sandy, Amy Gregg, Carolyn Brennan, Kevin Swartout Jan 2016

I Want To Get This Off My Chest: When Perpetrators Publicly Disclose How They Raped Their Victims, Rebekah M. Sandy, Amy Gregg, Carolyn Brennan, Kevin Swartout

DISCOVERY: Georgia State Honors College Undergraduate Research Journal

Women live in a world where nearly one in four will experience sexual assault. In fact, sexual violence is now so common that the World Health Organization recently declared it a global epidemic. Despite the prevalence of such incidents, few perpetrators self-identify. In the cases where they did acknowledge their infractions, many perpetrators said they acted as they did because they misconceived a partner’s sexual intention. This current article will argue that confusion about consent serves as more than a potential risk factor; it also provides a reason for disclosing details about the assault.

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