The Relationship Between Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U. S. Military: Findings from the RAND Military Workplace Study

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Abstract:

This report describes analyses designed to identify how the sexual harassment of others in a service member's work environment (or ambient sexual harassment) affects his or her own risk of being sexually assaulted. The authors find that ambient sexual harassment against service women and men is strongly associated with risk of sexual assault, even after controlling for many other sexual assault risk factors (such as age, rank, marital status, and education level).

Author(s):
Schell, Terry L. ; Cefalu, Matthew ; Farris, Coreen ; Morral, Andrew
Author Organization(s):
RAND Corp
Funding Organization(s):
Publication Date:
2020 Jan 01
Pagination:
0

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RECORD

Collection: TRECMS
Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
national security, sexual assault, unified combatant commands, department of defense, psychology, sexual harassment, applied psychology, military personnel, risk factors, law, marine corps, public health, public policy, warfare, active duty, bias, coast guard
Keyword(s):
Ambient Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault Risk
Subject Categories:
Behavioral and Social Sciences; Behavioral and Social Sciences
Update Date:
2021 Mar 10