Study finds campus sexual assaults less likely to be perpetrated by serial rapists

Abstract

A report published by JAMA Pediatrics investigating the serial incidences of rape on college campuses has found that, contrary to popular belief, the majority of rapes perpetrated by college students are not conducted by repeat offenders. “Many initiatives assume that most college men who perpetrate rape are serial rapists,” the report states in its abstract. However, the study found no concrete evidence to support this and, indeed, found the opposite to be true — 72.8 percent of men who committed a rape in college perpetrated sexual violence in only one academic year. The report did turn up the troubling trend that nearly twice as many men than were previously believed (nearly 11 percent of men surveyed) commit rape during either their high school or college career.