Citation: Benedict, Jeffrey, and Alan Klein. "Arrest And Conviction Rates For Athletes Accused Of Sexual Assault." Sociology Of Sport Journal 14.1 (1997): 86-94. Academic Search Premier. Web. 19 Oct. 2015.
Summary: The article gives information about athletes and how they seem to be more likely to get away with rape.
Author: Jeffery Benedict
Key terms include: college athletics, corruption, rape
Quote: "In studyingjudicial affairs data and police records at 30 Division I universi- ties, they found that a significantly higher percentage of the reported incidents of sexual assault to judicial affairs offices are committed by male student-athletes" pg 87
"Rather than try to determine the likelihood of athletes committing sex crimes, we approached a re- lated topic: whether athletes already accused of rape receive preferential treatment in the criminaljustice system" (88).
"Figure 1,we note that of the 217 official police complaintslodged against athletes, 45 (21%) resulted in no formal action being taken" (89).
value: this article gives me a lot of statistics and information about preferential treatment of college athletes. It also gives me evidence about how athletics seems to promote rape culture.
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