Acquaintance and Date Rape

SALLY K. WARD is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire, where she has taught since 1980. Her areas of research include urban sociology and social policy, urban poverty and the underclass, family formation and childbearing, and acquaintance rape on college campuses.JENNIFER DZIUBA-LEATHERMAN is a doctoral student in Sociology and a project assistant at the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire. She has co-authored articles on child victimization, youth victimization prevention, and legal representation for children.JANE GERARD STAPLETON is an Instructor in Women's Studies and Sociology at the University of New Hampshire. She is the former Coordinator of Direct Services for the Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program. She speaks nationally on issues related to sexual violence.CARRIE L. YODANIS is a doctoral student in Sociology at the Univerity of New Hampshire./e She is currently working on research in the areas of family violence, gender, and stratification.

• Introduction and Overview of the Bibliography Incidence of Acquaintance Rape Social Correlates of Acquaintance Rape Misperceptions of Sexual Intent Research on Perpetrators Theoretical Perspectives Attitudes toward Acquaintance Rape Attribution of Responsibility for Acquaintance Rape Legal Issues Campus Rape Marital Rape Gang Rape Treatment of Victims and Perpetrators Prevention Programs Author Index Subject Index