Gunby et al. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:216 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/216 Authors’ contributions CG, AC and CB designed the study. CG managed the literature searches and all authors related findings to previous research. CG and CB conducted the statistical analyses. All authors contributed to and approved the final manuscript. Competing interests MB has acted as an adviser to DrinkAware in the previous three years. Received: 22 December 2011 Accepted: 20 March 2012 Published: 20 March 2012 References 1. Finney A: Alcohol and sexual violence: key findings from the research London: Home Office; 2004. 2. Stern Review: A report by Baroness Vivien Stern CBE of an independent review into how rape complaints are handled by public authorities in England and Wales London: Home Office; 2010. 3. Rozee PD: From sexual victimization: harassment and rape. In Issues in the Psychology of Women. Edited by: Biaggio M, Hersen M. New York: Kluwer Academic; 2000:93-114. 4. Walby S, Allen J: Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking: findings from the British Crime Survey. Home Office research study 276 London: Home Office; 2004. 5. Foa EB, Riggs DS: From posttraumatic stress disorder and rape. In PTSD: a Clinical Review. Edited by: Pynoos RS. Lutherville, MD: Sidran; 1994:133-163. 6. Petrak J, Doyle AM, Williams L, Buchan L, Foster G: The psychological impact of sexual assault: a study of female attendees of a sexual health psychology service. Sex Marital Ther 1997, 12:339-345. 7. Cybulska B: Sexual assault: key issues. J Royal Soc Med 2007, 100:1-4. 8. Elvin J: Intoxication, capacity to consent, and the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Kings Law J 2008, 19:151-157. 9. Finch E, Munro VE: The Sexual Offences Act 2003: intoxicated consent and drug assisted rape revisited. Criminal Law Rev 2004, 789-802. 10. Tadros V: Rape without consent. Oxford J Legal Stud 2006, 26:515-543. 11. Temkin J, Ashworth A: The sexual offences act 2003: rape, sexual assault and the problems of consent. Criminal Law Rev 2004, 328-346. 12. Gunby C, Carline A, Beynon C: Alcohol-related rape cases: barristers’ perspectives on the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and its impact on practice. J criminal law 2010, 74:579-600. 13. Kelly L, Lovett J, Regan L: A gap or a chasm? Attrition in reported rape cases. Home Office research study 293 London: Home Office; 2005. 14. George WH, Stoner SA: Understanding acute alcohol effects on sexual behaviour. Annu Rev Sex Res 2000, 11:92-124. 15. Bellis MA, Hughes K, Calafat A, Juan M, Ramon A, Rodriguez JA, Mendes F, Schnitzer S, Phillips-Howard P: Sexual uses of alcohol and drugs and the associated health risks: a cross sectional study of young people in nine European cities. BMC Public Health 2008, 8:155-165. 16. Sumnall HR, Beynon CM, Conchie SM, Riley SCE, Cole JC: An investigation of the subjective experiences of sex after alcohol or drug intoxication. J Psychopharmacol 2007, 21:525-537. 17. Ullman SE: A critical review of field studies on the link of alcohol and adult sexual assault in women. Aggression Violent Behav 2003, 8:471-486. 18. Broach J: Exploring the alcohol-sexual assault link: Pathways from alcohol to assault. J Alcohol Drug Education 2004, 48:17-27. 19. Steele CM, Josephs RA: Alcohol myopia: its puzzled and dangerous effects. Am Psychol 1990, 45:921-933. 20. Abbey A, Zawacki T, McAuslan P: Alcohols effects on sexual perception. J Stud Alcohol 2000, 61:688-697. 21. Beres MA: Spontaneous sexual consent: an analysis of sexual consent literature. Feminism Psychol 2007, 17:93-108. 22. Edmondson CB, Conger JC: The impact of mode of presentation on gender differences in social perceptions. Sex Roles 1995, 32:169-183. 23. Hickman SE, Muehlenhard CL: By the semi-mystical appearance of a condom: how young women and men communicate sexual consent in heterosexual situations. J Sex Res 1999, 36:258-272. 24. Humphreys T: Perceptions of sexual consent: the impact of relationship history and gender. J Sex Res 2007, 44:307-315. 25. Kilpatrick DG, Resnick HS, Ruggiero KJ, Conoscenti LM, McCauley J: Drug- facilitated rape, incapacitated rape, and forcible rape: a national study. 2007 [http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/219181.pdf]. Page 11 of 12 26. Dawson DA, Grant BF, Stinson FS, Chou PS: Another look at heavy episodic drinking and alcohol use among college and noncollege youth. J Studies Alcohol 2004, 65:477-489. 27. Kypri K, Cronin M, Wright CS: Do university students drink more hazardously than their non-student peers? Addiction 2005, 100:1672-1677. 28. Abbey A, Zawacki T, Buck PO, Clinton AM, McAuslan P: Sexual assault and alcohol consumption: what do we know about their relationship and what types of research are still needed? Aggression Violent Behav 2004, 9:271-303. 29. Koss MP, Dinero TE, Seibel C, Cox SL: Stranger and acquaintance rape: are there differences in the victim’s experience? Psychol Women Quart 1988, 12:1-24. 30. Myhill A, Allen J: Rape and sexual assault of women: findings from the British Crime Survey. Findings 159 London: Home Office; 2002. 31. Testa M, Vanzile-Tamsen C, Livingston C, Koss MP: Assessing women’s experiences of sexual aggression using the sexual experiences Survey: evidence for validity and implications for research. Psychol Women Quart 2004, 28:256-265. 32. Koss MP, Gidycz CA: The sexual experiences survey: reliability and validity. J Consulting Clin Psychol 1985, 53:422-423. 33. Koss MP, Abbey A, Campbell R, Cook S, Norris J, Testa M, Ullman SE, West C, White J: Revising the SES: a collaborative process to improve assessment of sexual aggression and victimization. Psychol Women Quart 2007, 31:357-370. 34. Saunders JB, Aasland OG, Babor TF, de la Fuente JR, Grant M: Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO collaborative project on early detection of persons with harmful alcohol consumption II. Addiction 1993, 1993(88):791-804. 35. Hays RD, Merz JF, Nicholas R: Response burden, reliability, and validity of the CAGE, short MAST, and AUDIT alcohol screening measure. Behav Res Methods Instruments Computers 1995, 27:277-280. 36. Selin KH: Test-retest reliability of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test in a general population sample. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2003, 27:1428-1435. 37. Miles H, Winstock A, Strang J: Identifying young people who drink too much: the clinical utility of the five-item Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Drug Alcohol Rev 2001, 20:9-18. 38. SPSS: SPSS Statistics 17.0 Brief Guide Chicago: SPSS Inc; 2008. 39. Giancola PR: Executive functioning and alcohol-related aggression. J Abnorm Psychol 2004, 113:541-555. 40. Abbey A, Zawacki T, Buck PO, Clinton AM, McAuslan P: Alcohol and sexual assault. Alcohol Res Health 2001, 25:43-51. 41. Ito TA, Miller N, Pollock VE: Alcohol and aggression: a meta analysis on the modelling effects of inhibitory cues, triggering events, and self- focused attention. Psychol Bull 1996, 120:60-82. 42. Pernanen K: Alcohol in human violence New York: Guilford Press; 1991. 43. Finch E, Munro VE: Juror stereotypes and blame attribution in rape cases involving intoxicants: the findings of a pilot study. Br J Criminology 2005, 45:25-38. 44. Norris J, Cubbins LA: Dating, drinking, and rape: effects of victim’s and assailant’s alcohol consumption on judgments of their behavior and traits. Psychol Women Quart 1992, 16:179-191. 45. Richardson D, Campbell J: Alcohol and rape: the effect of alcohol on attributions of blame for rape. Pers Soc Psychol Bull 1982, 8:468-476. 46. ICM: Sexual assault research summary report. 2005 [http://www.amnesty. org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_16619.doc]. 47. Opinion Matters: Wake up to rape research summary report. 2010 [http:// www.thehavens.co.uk/docs/Havens_Wake_Up_To_Rape_Report_Summary.pdf]. 48. Sims CA, Noel NE, Maisto SA: Rape blame as a function of alcohol presence and resistance type. Addict Behav 2007, 32:2766-2775. 49. Lonsway KA, Archambault J, Lisak D: False reports: moving beyond the issue to successfully investigate and prosecute non-stranger sexual assaults. Voice 2009, 3:1-11. 50. Rumney PN: False allegations of rape. Camb Law J 2006, 65:128-158. 51. Hughes K, Anderson Z, Morleo M, Bellis MA: Alcohol, nightlife and violence: the relative contributions of drinking before and during nights out to negative health and criminal justice outcomes. Addiction 2007, 103:60-65. 52. Lovett J, Horvath MAH: From Alcohol and drugs in rape and sexual assault. In Rape: challenging contemporary thinking. Edited by: Horvath M, Brown J. Devon: Willan Publishing; 2009:125-160.