NCJ Number
39107
Editor(s)
D S HORWITZ,
K V DUGGAN
Date Published
1976
Length
61 pages
Annotation
REPORT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION SCHOOL OF TEXAS CRIME PREVENTION INSTITUTE PRESENTS DO'S AND DON'TS IN A RAPE SITUATION.
Abstract
AVOID HITCHHIKING AND SHORTCUTS THROUGH PARKS AND VACANT LOTS. THOSE ARE JUST TWO OF THE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOMEN CAN TAKE TO AVOID THE LIKELIHOOD OF RAPE. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THE RESULT OF AN APRIL 1976 PUBLIC INFORMATION SCHOOL ANTI-RAPE PROJECT. THE SCHOOL BROKE DOWN INTO TEAMS THAT PROBED THE DISSEMINATION OF RAPE PREVENTION MATERIAL THROUGH TV, RADIO, AND NEWSPAPER MEDIA. THE REPORT EXPLODES MANY OF THE MYTHS SURROUNDING THE RAPE ISSUE, SUCH AS WHO GETS RAPED AND WHY RAPES OCCUR. ADVICE IS GIVEN ON THE TWO METHODS OF FRUSTRATING AN ATTACKER. THESE INCLUDE MEASURES AND PASSIVE RESISTANCE METHODS...BS