Acquaintance rape occurs when a person known to the victim has sexual contact with the victim without her consent. Legally, acquaintance rape carries the same penalties as sexual assault committed by a stranger. High school and college-aged women are the women most vulnerable to acquaintance rape. Boyfriends, friends and acquaintances of the victim commit the vast majority of sexual assaults on a college campus.

Documents

• ICASA Acquaintance Rape Fact Sheet

Youth Victimization Research

• 2009 YRBS study shows increase in dating violence in Chicago
• Dating Violence and Forced Sex among Teenagers - YWAT of Rogers Park Chicago 2005
• Youth Victimization: Prevalence and Implications - National Institute for Justice 2003
• Teenagers and the Internet Reports - Pew Internet and American Life Project
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2010 - Bureau of Justice Statistics 2010
• Technology, Teen Dating Violence and Abuse - Urban Institute - 2013
• Youth Risk and Behavior Survey - 2017
• Sexual Violence in K-12 Schools - 2018
• Dating violence reported by high school students, 2019 (ojjdp.gov)

Date Rape Drugs

• Fact Sheets: Rohypnol and GHB - U.S. Dept. of Justice
• Alcohol and Rape - VAWNet 2008
• Differing Take on Party Games - Coalition Commentary 2005
• Drugs and Sexual Assault: A Dangerous Mix - Coalition Commentary 2002
  

College Victimization Research

• Facts And Stats For Campus Rape 2020
• Rape and Sexual Assault among college age females - 1995-2013

• Collection of studies compiled by the U.S. Government
• Title IX and Sexual Violence - 2011
• College Crime Statistics - U.S. Department of Education
• Sexual Victimization of College Women - Bureau of Justice Statistics 2000
  
• University of Illinois sexual assault survey - 2015