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[Molly Dragiewicz <>]

Fisher, Cullen, and Turner does not support that claim. I talked to Bonnie 
Fisher about this last year.

At 12:52 PM 8/9/2004, LaDue, Lee E. wrote:
> In response to the question about the stat that the riskiest time of the
> year for sexual assaults is the first six weeks:
>
> I have an article from a conference that states:  "College students are
> the most vulnerable to rape during the first few weeks of the freshman
> and sophomore years."  It is cited in the endnotes as Ostrander and
> Schwartz (1994); Shcwartz and Dekeseredy (1997).  It goes on to say: "In
> fact, the first few days of the freshman years are the riskiest,
> limiting the value of any rape prevention programs that begin after
> that.   Research has shown that rapes of college women tend to occur
> after 9 p.m., and the majority occur after midnight."  This is cited as
> Fisher, Cullen and Turner (2000).  The article was written by Rana
> Sampson.
>
> Hope this is useful.
>
> Lee LaDue
> Assistant Director/Coordinator of Sexual Assault Services
> St. Cloud State University Women's Center
> 720 4th Ave. S.
> St. Cloud, MN 56301
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