Rape Rates and Military Personnel in the United States

An Exploratory Study

Bibliographic Data

ID12437858
AuthorsLeora N Rosen (National Institute of Justice, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume13
Issue9
Pages945-960
Publication date2007-08-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801207305264
PMID17704053
OpenAlexW2171623898
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited10

This study involves a test of the cultural spillover hypothesis through a state-level analysis of the relationship between rape rates and the proportion of military personnel in the population. A statistically significant correlation not predicted by this hypothesis was found between rape rates and the proportion of Air Force personnel in the population. Further exploration revealed that this was largely because of the high correlation between the Air Force and the Indian population. Multivariate analyses revealed that the proportion of Indian women in the population was the main predictor of rape rates. Per capita alcohol consumption was also found to be positively correlated with both rape rates and Air Force personnel but was not significantly related to rape in the multivariate analysis

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Biology · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Injury prevention · Military personnel · Multivariate analysis · Multivariate statistics · Occupational safety and health · Per capita · Poison control · Population · Sociology · Spillover effect · Statistics · Demography · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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