Rape Rates and Military Personnel in the United States: An Exploratory Study

This study involves a test of the cultural spillover hypothesis through a state-level analysis of the relationship between rape rates and the proportion of military personnel in the population. A statistically significant correlation not predicted by this hypothesis was found between rape rates and...

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Published in:Violence against women 2007-09, Vol.13 (9), p.945-960
Main Author: Rosen, Leora N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Air force
Alcohol use
Armed forces
Consumption
Demographics
Drinking behavior
Employees
Female
Females
Humans
Hypotheses
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Middle Aged
Military personnel
Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Multivariate analysis
Native North Americans
Occupational Diseases - epidemiology
Population
Public Opinion
Rape
Rates
Sexual Harassment - statistics & numerical data
Social Dominance
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
United States - epidemiology
Veterans - statistics & numerical data
Women
Women's Health
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Summary:This study involves a test of the cultural spillover hypothesis through a state-level analysis of the relationship between rape rates and the proportion of military personnel in the population. A statistically significant correlation not predicted by this hypothesis was found between rape rates and the proportion of Air Force personnel in the population. Further exploration revealed that this was largely because of the high correlation between the Air Force and the Indian population. Multivariate analyses revealed that the proportion of Indian women in the population was the main predictor of rape rates. Per capita alcohol consumption was also found to be positively correlated with both rape rates and Air Force personnel but was not significantly related to rape in the multivariate analysis.
ISSN:1077-8012
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/1077801207305264