Due to the lack of reliable victimization research, we do not know if the number of sexual assaults on campus is actually increasing or decreasing. We do not know that because sexual assault is being talked about more frequently among students and because educational programming has increased, on-campus sexual assaults are being reported more often. Student enrollments have increased - thus, there are more opportunities for sexual assaults to occur. Increasing portrayal of sexual stimuli and sexual violence in the media. Liberalized visitation policies in on-campus residence halls.
Most people think immediately of rape.
Rape, both by stranger and by acquaintance, is widely recognized, but there are other acts of violence committed without the consent of the victim that are sexual assaults as well. These include assaults or penetration with objects other than a penis, non-penetration assaults of a sexual nature, indecent exposure, voyeurism, obscene phone calls, and sexual harassment. All of these crimes and are against the university student code. Another study completed by the National Victim Center in 1992, concluded that a female's first sexual assault most often occurs prior to the age of eighteen. The impact on these victims can be great.