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Cambridge Documentary Films puts that one out, and yes, it's outstanding.  
http://www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org/rapeis.html.  They also have a ;
networking website for the film, www.rapeis.org.  

Until the violence stops, Ben.  

Ben Atherton-Zeman, Acton MA USA
Actor, Comedian, Feminist and Husband
Presenting a One-Man Play: "Voices of Men," www.voicesofmen.org (video clips 
take a second to load)
Booking information: 978-263-3254

April 2006 quote: "...it's him, a friend for comfort - or maybe not?  
A smile, a touch, relaxing, but what is he thinking of?
My heart stops pounding, my muscles relax.
And comfort is finally found.
A touch, a smile, and then persistence, my comfort has flown away...
It's finally over and now a blackness has come over me...
What is left of my soul?"
- "Rape," a poem by Kristin Cooper, who committed suicide after having been 
raped by a friend.  
April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Please support your local 
rape crisis center: www.rainn.org to find out more. 
For more on Kristin's story, go to www.kristinsstory.com 

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I just posted the "Rape Is" info and then read further down - La Wanza had 
already given that info!  (sheepish grin)

I can, however, add my two cents about education campaigns for incoming 
students and their parents - I'm a big fan of Men Can Stop Rape's Strength 
Campaign.  You can check out their stuff at www.mencanstoprape.org.

Hope that helps!  (and isn't repetitive!)

Until the violence stops, Ben.  

Ben Atherton-Zeman, Acton MA USA
Actor, Comedian, Feminist and Husband
Presenting a One-Man Play: "Voices of Men," www.voicesofmen.org (video clips 
take a second to load)
Booking information: 978-263-3254

April 2006 quote: "...it's him, a friend for comfort - or maybe not?  
A smile, a touch, relaxing, but what is he thinking of?
My heart stops pounding, my muscles relax.
And comfort is finally found.
A touch, a smile, and then persistence, my comfort has flown away...
It's finally over and now a blackness has come over me...
What is left of my soul?"
- "Rape," a poem by Kristin Cooper, who committed suicide after having been 
raped by a friend.  
April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Please support your local 
rape crisis center: www.rainn.org to find out more. 
For more on Kristin's story, go to www.kristinsstory.com 

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Today's Topics:

   1. APRI Violence Against Women Discussion Group Estimate of the
      Incidence of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault in the US (Cathy Nardo)
   2. "Rape Is" video (Ben Atherton-Zeman - Feminist,   Actor and Husband)
   3. oops! (Ben Atherton-Zeman - Feminist,     Actor and Husband)


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Estimate of the Incidence of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault in the U.S.





 

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/212000.pdf

 

 

 

Release date: 11-May-2006

Most sexual assaults drug facilitated, UIC study claims

Almost 62 percent of sexual assaults were found to be drug facilitated,
and almost 5 percent of the victims were given classic 'date-rape'
drugs, according to a new study at the University of Illinois at
Chicago. 

An estimated 100,000 sexual assaults are committed in the United States
each year, and the FBI says that number could be three times higher if
all cases were reported, said Adam Negrusz, associate professor of
forensic sciences in the UIC College of Pharmacy. 

Negrusz, lead author of the study titled "Estimate of the Incidence of
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault in the U.S.," said individuals who use
drugs, with or without alcohol, are thought to be at a significantly
higher risk for sexual assault. 

"In some cases the substances are taken voluntarily by the victims,
impairing their ability to make decisions," Negrusz said. "In other
cases the substances are given to the victims without their knowledge,
which may decrease their ability to identify a dangerous situation or to
resist the perpetrator." 

In about 80 percent of the cases the victim knows the assailant, he
said, "while only 20 percent of sexual assaults are opportunistic." 

The study, funded by the National Institute of Justice, can be accessed
via the National Criminal Justice Reference Service at www.ncjrs.gov 

The study collected data from 144 subjects who sought help in clinics
located in Texas, California, Minnesota and Washington state. The
subjects were from all ethnic backgrounds and ranged in age from 18 to
56, with a mean age of 26.6. 

Each clinic was provided with sexual assault kits and asked to enroll
willing sexual assault complainants. Subjects provided two urine samples
and a hair specimen and completed a questionnaire that asked them to
describe the assault and any drugs they were using. 

"The urine and hair specimens were analyzed for about 45 drugs that have
either been detected in sexual assault victims or whose pharmacology
could be exploited for drug-facilitated sexual assaults," Negrusz said. 

Two types of drug-facilitated sexual assault were identified: presumed
surreptitious drugging, or willful drug use by the subject. 

According to Negrusz, 61.8 percent of the subjects were found to have at
least one of the 45 analyzed drugs in their system; 4.9 percent tested
positive for the classic date-rape drugs, and 4.2 percent of the
subjects had been drugged without their knowledge. 

Four of the unwittingly-drugged victims, Negrusz said, tested positive
for Rohypnol, a tranquilizer 10 times more potent than Valium that has
been banned in the United States. 

When the subject's voluntary drug use was queried, 35.4 percent were
likely to have been impaired at the time of the sexual assault. 

"This study demonstrated the need for toxicological analysis in sexual
assault cases," Negrusz said, noting the high percentage of subjects who
tested positive for drugs. "It also demonstrated that sexual assault
complainants severely underreport their illegal drug usage. This could
be corrected if the administering nursing staff was better educated on
taking a truthful drug history." 

The study also confirmed that drug-facilitated sexual assault is more
often due to the subject's own drug use, he said, rather than
surreptitious drugging by the perpetrator. 

Robert Gaensslen, professor and head of the UIC forensic science
program, and Matthew Juhascik, who received his doctoral degree in
biopharmaceutical sciences from UIC, assisted with the study. 

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Cambridge Documentary Films puts that one out, and yes, it's outstanding.  
http://www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org/rapeis.html.  They also have a ;
networking website for the film, www.rapeis.org.  

Until the violence stops, Ben.  

Ben Atherton-Zeman, Acton MA USA
Actor, Comedian, Feminist and Husband
Presenting a One-Man Play: "Voices of Men," www.voicesofmen.org (video clips 
take a second to load)
Booking information: 978-263-3254

April 2006 quote: "...it's him, a friend for comfort - or maybe not?  
A smile, a touch, relaxing, but what is he thinking of?
My heart stops pounding, my muscles relax.
And comfort is finally found.
A touch, a smile, and then persistence, my comfort has flown away...
It's finally over and now a blackness has come over me...
What is left of my soul?"
- "Rape," a poem by Kristin Cooper, who committed suicide after having been 
raped by a friend.  
April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Please support your local 
rape crisis center: www.rainn.org to find out more. 
For more on Kristin's story, go to www.kristinsstory.com 
 

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 15:10:34 -0400
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I just posted the "Rape Is" info and then read further down - La Wanza had 
already given that info!  (sheepish grin)

I can, however, add my two cents about education campaigns for incoming 
students and their parents - I'm a big fan of Men Can Stop Rape's Strength 
Campaign.  You can check out their stuff at www.mencanstoprape.org.

Hope that helps!  (and isn't repetitive!)

Until the violence stops, Ben.  

Ben Atherton-Zeman, Acton MA USA
Actor, Comedian, Feminist and Husband
Presenting a One-Man Play: "Voices of Men," www.voicesofmen.org (video clips 
take a second to load)
Booking information: 978-263-3254

April 2006 quote: "...it's him, a friend for comfort - or maybe not?  
A smile, a touch, relaxing, but what is he thinking of?
My heart stops pounding, my muscles relax.
And comfort is finally found.
A touch, a smile, and then persistence, my comfort has flown away...
It's finally over and now a blackness has come over me...
What is left of my soul?"
- "Rape," a poem by Kristin Cooper, who committed suicide after having been 
raped by a friend.  
April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Please support your local 
rape crisis center: www.rainn.org to find out more. 
For more on Kristin's story, go to www.kristinsstory.com 
 

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