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In the United States , students are allegedly most vulnerable to rape on college campuses during the first few weeks of the Freshman and Sophomore years. Most of the victims are women. Rape is defined as the crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse, often by actual or threatened physical force, or when the victim is incapable of giving consent because of Mental Illness , Mental Retardation , age, or Intoxication due to drugs, alcohol, or illness. A rape can be a Date Rape , Acquaintance Rape , or a stranger rape. Rapes on college campuses are usually committed by someone familiar to the woman. According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), 35–75% of all rapes against women are committed by an acquaintance on college campuses. According to the U.S. Justice Department , 1.7% of college women were victims of completed rape, and in 90% of the cases the attacker was known to the victim. However, the study also found that in "about half of the incidents categorized as completed rapes, the women did not consider the incident to be a rape." {Link without Title} According to the ''Journal of Counseling and Development'', women aged 16–24 are at the highest risk of sexual assault. ALCOHOL AND DRUGS Alcohol and Drugs play a major role in rapes on college campuses in the U.S. According to “Alcohol and Sexual Assault on Campus” (''Administrator'', June 23 2004 ), schools that have heavy drinking have a fifty to eighty-three percent increased likelihood of assault. The level of drinking is defined as women consuming four or more drinks consistently and five for men. Women under the age of twenty-one are fifty percent more likely to experience alcohol-related assaults. About 90% of rapes are allegedly planned. Date-rape drugs, or "roofies," such as Flunitrazepam are occasionally used. They are quick to dissolve in drinks, and have no color, taste, or smell. Most have powerful Sedative effects and can incapacitate the victim within 20–30 minutes of Ingestion . They can also cause Amnesia . REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS In 2000 , Congress enacted the Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act which requires registered sex offenders working or studying at higher education institutes to notify the state. The Act further requires this information be made known to Law Enforcement agencies with Jurisdiction over the institute of higher learning. Other Acts similar to this one have been put into effect in different states in order to prevent sex crimes from occurring on campus. REFERENCES
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