Binge Drinking, Greek-Life Membership, and First-Year Undergraduates: The “Perfect Storm” for Drugging Victimization

Sexual Violence in Academia: Policy, Theory, and Prevention Considerations

“…Not only is this an important finding in and of itself, but other works have found a relationship between drugging and sexual assault (Kisner, 2014). Lasky et al (2017) purport that educational programming geared specifically toward this population of college students could help reduce their likelihood of sexual violence. Explicitly telling these highrisk students about the prevalence of drugging victimization may help them to be less attractive targets for would-be druggers.…”

Do Party Schools Report Higher Rates of Violence Against Women in Their Clery Data? A Latent Class Analysis

“…Using LCA, we identified an independent class of universities that is more likely to (a) be public, (b) have large student bodies, (c) have more alcohol use violations, (d) have Greek life, and (e) have prominent athletic programs. Extant literature suggests that women at party schools are more likely to report violent victimization (Lasky et al, 2017; Lewis et al, 1997; Lindo et al, 2015; Weiss, 2013; Weiss & Dilks, 2016). Using Clery data, our study extends these previous findings by examining the associations between types of institutions and reports of violent victimization at the national level.…”

“…To categorize universities into mutually exclusive groups, we used sociodemographic factors that fit Weiss’s (2013) description of party schools (i.e., public vs. private, student enrollment, alcohol use, presence of Greek life, and athletics) and additional factors that Wiersma-Mosley et al (2017) identified as predictors of reporting violent crimes against women (i.e., tuition costs and racial makeup). Because party schools are environments where men are more likely to perpetrate VAW (Lasky et al, 2017; Lindo et al, 2015; Weiss, 2013; Weiss & Dilks, 2016), we predicted that universities that are more likely to (a) be public, (b) have large student bodies, (c) have more alcohol use violations, (d) have Greek life, and (e) have prominent athletic programs would report the highest rates of VAW in their Clery data. In other words, we hypothesized the following: The latent class most consistent with Weiss’s (2013) “Party University” would report the most campus crimes compared with universities that do not meet this typology.…”

“…Furthermore, at party schools , alcohol-infused crimes (e.g., sexual assault and domestic violence) are “often seen as a rather normal part of life” (Weiss, 2013, p. 13). Party schools seem to be where men are perpetrating VAW at higher rates than other universities (Lasky, Fisher, Henriksen, & Swan, 2017; Lindo, Siminski, & Swensen, 2015; Weiss, 2013; Weiss & Dilks, 2016). But are party schools reporting higher rates of violent crimes against women compared with other types of universities?…”

It’s All Greek to Me: Recruiters’ Perceptions of Résumé Items

“…Such media coverage of social Greek life organizations may result in less positive assessments of involvement in social Greek organizations and employability. Relatedly, the Greek social system has been critically examined in the academic literature as well (e.g., Jozkowski & Wiersma-Mosley, 2017; Lasky, Fisher, Henriksen, & Swan, 2017) with respect to its potential role in binge drinking and sexual assault.…”