Same-Sex and Race-Based Disparities in Statutory Rape Arrests

This study tests a liberation hypothesis for statutory rape incidents, specifically that there may be same-sex and race/ethnicity arrest disparities among statutory rape incidents and that these will be greater among statutory rape than among forcible sex crime incidents. 26,726 reported incidents of statutory rape as defined under state statutes and 96,474 forcible sex crime incidents were extracted from National Incident-Based Reporting System data sets. 

Arrest outcomes were tested using multilevel modeling. Same-sex statutory rape pairings were rare but had much higher arrest odds. A victim-offender romantic relationship amplified arrest odds for same-sex pairings, but damped arrest odds for male-on-female pairings. 

Same-sex disparities were larger among statutory than among forcible incidents. Female-on-male incidents had uniformly lower arrest odds. Race/ethnicity effects were smaller than gender effects and more complexly patterned. 

The findings support the liberation hypothesis for same-sex statutory rape arrest disparities, particularly among same-sex romantic pairings. Support for race/ethnicity-based arrest disparities was limited and mixed.

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By:   Chaffin M1, Chenoweth S2, Letourneau EJ3.

• 1University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OK, USA mchaffin@gsu.edu.
• 2University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OK, USA.
• 3Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA. 

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The Use of Alcohol and Condoms During Sexual Assault

Sexual assault remains an important public health issue, due to the violence involved as well as the potential for health risks such as STI transmission. Alcohol has been associated with both violent and risky sexual behavior. 

This study assessed the frequency of sexual assault perpetration, alcohol use, and condom use during sexual assault in a community sample of young heterosexual male social drinkers. Participants (N=115) completed measures of their sexual assault perpetration. 

Slightly over 50% reported sexual assault perpetration; 60% of these reported repeat perpetration. Almost one-half of perpetrators reported alcohol consumption prior to every sexual assault incident. Never having used a condom during penetrative sexually aggressive acts was reported by 41.2% of perpetrators. Alcohol use and condom non-use were positively correlated for acts of forcible rape. 

Findings provide novel information about the infrequent use of condoms during sexual assault incidents and support prior evidence of the association between alcohol and sexual assault.

Table 3

Alcohol Consumption and Condom Use by Sexual Assault Type

	Alcohol Consumption		Condom Use
Type of Sexual Assault	N	(%)	N	(%)
Forced Sexual Contact
Never	12	(27.3)	n/a
Inconsistent	10	(22.7)	n/a
Always	22	(50.0)	n/a
Verbal Sexual Coercion
Never	4	(23.5)	8	(47.1)
Inconsistent	2	(11.8)	2	(11.8)
Always	11	(64.7)	7	(41.2)
Incapacitated Rape
Never	0	(0.0)	13	(56.5)
Inconsistent	0	(0.0)	2	(8.6)
Always	23	(100.0)	8	(34.8)
Attempted Rape
Never	3	(30.0)	n/a
Inconsistent	2	(20.0)	n/a
Always	5	(50.0)	n/a
Forcible Rape
Never	2	(25.0)	4	(50.0)
Inconsistent	4	(50.0)	2	(25.0)
Always	2	(25.0)	2	(25.0)

Note. Participants could report perpetration of more than one type of sexual aggression.

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By: Kelly Cue Davis, Ph.D., Trevor J. Schraufnagel, B.S., William H. George, Ph.D., and Jeanette Norris, Ph.D.

University of Washington

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Corresponding Author: Kelly Cue Davis, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, 4101 15^th Ave NE, Box 354900, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, (206) 616-2174, Fax (206) 543-9937, Email: ude.notgnihsaw.u@euck

   

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