College Party Culture and Sexual Assault
利用大学橄榄球比赛时间的外生变化,研究发现派对活动增加使17-24岁受害者每日强奸报案数上升28%,对执法和校园安全有启示。
This paper considers the degree to which events that intensify partying increase sexual assault. Estimates are based on panel data from campus and local law-enforcement agencies and an identification strategy that exploits plausibly random variation in the timing of Division 1 football games. The estimates indicate that these events increase daily reports of rape with 17-24 year old victims by 28 percent. The effects are driven largely by 17-24 year old offenders and by offenders unknown to the victim, but we also find significant effects on incidents involving offenders of other ages and on incidents involving offenders known to the victim.