Sexual assault is real, the current unfolds have put this to the bare. I have also been simply amazed by the high profile sexual assault cases, and how such cases have been handled mainly, to favor the perpetrators while at the same time objectifying the victim. I also agree that it is time to address this and my concern is on sexual assault of females in colleges and other institutions of higher education. Sexual assault in colleges is a common well-known secret. However, I think that it is still hard for college females to come out because they don’t know how to deal with the attention they attract for the rest of their life. As a result, it is common that a female sexually assaulted in college might choose to live silently with the wrong perpetrated against them. This line of thought is anchored on the thinking that, it is very easy for those top in the corporate world to come out because their lives are well founded. I am interested in this topic because I feel it still needs more attention and more should be done by the society to empower the female college student and more so, through letting the male college student know the need to respect their female fellow students. I think that sexual assault is a crime and essentially, a wrong that degrades a person destroying their self-esteem, they do not experience love and have lifelong repercussions for those who are assaulted unless they seek counseling services, which is important. The negative effects are also not limited to the victim, but also the perpetrator. I think that sexual assault perpetrators are simply twisted in their emotions, senses, and basically cowards who don’t know how to express their feelings. To better understand this problem, I will be putting it into context objectively and determining; (1) what is the status of sexual assault among college female as per the latest statistics and what is the likelihood of a victim choosing to stay silent? (2) What measures and strategies have been put in place to sensitize the society in general on the issue and what is the result? (3) What is the opinion of college males on the issue of sexual assault for their female fellow college students? My search process

I began my search process by making a plan. I had to first determine the sources that would provide me with authentic and certifiable information. I had to go for information contained in government records or organizations that deal with rape and sexual assault. The search would be robustly done through the use of scholarly accredited databases. The scholarly databases and search engines that I would use were Google Scholar, the University library, and the University Dean of students. To get information from these sources, I had to use relevant keywords to search. Using the relevant keywords was the only guarantee of getting the right and relevant information. The first keyword that I would use was simply “sexual assault among college females”. The second keywords were “sexual assault statistics”, and lastly “sexual assault prevention strategies in colleges”.

After I had drafted the plan, I considered it wise to get an expert opinion on how to go about the search. The expert opinion nearest to me was the social sciences department of the university. I visited the department...

The professor gave me an appointment for the next day. Professor Mendez reviewed my plan and helped to streamline it especially on the governmental departments to search for, and how to synthesize the information available. He also pointed out that my search should have an inclusion and exclusion criteria. The meeting with Professor Mendez lasted for about 45 minutes and it was very fruitful for I now knew the specific areas to look for and how to create an inclusion and exclusion criteria.
I then progressed to create an inclusion and exclusion criteria as was advised by the professor. For the online search, search results were to be included if they were published in the last five years, published in English, addressed the subject of sexual abuse among female college students in terms of statistics, prevention strategies adopted, the opinions of male college students, policies, or status of the problem in the society and its effects.

With the search plan ready, I proceeded to conduct the search which began in Google scholar. I conducted a search with the keywords which returned various results. Among those Professor Mendez had recommended include the department of justice, and the national sexual violence resource center, and federal law. A file from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center provided sexual abuse statistics clearly with vivid discussions (National Sexual Violence Resource Center), while another from the US Department of Justice discussed the issue of rape and gender-based violence in colleges from 1995 to 2013 (Sinozich et al., 1-15). There were also articles from researchers with vital information on the study subject which I also thought were important and relevant in adding to the body of knowledge. Stoner et al. conducted a systematic review to establish the rates, facilitators and the barriers to the use of healthcare services on campus as related to rape and sexual assault. An article by Wallace illuminated the issue further while at the same time tackling the strategies to prevent the problem, which I thought was also very relevant.

Next, I visited the university library for further research on the subject. I talked to the librarian about the use of EBSCOhost and she showed me how to use the browse topics features which allowed me to find out how many search terms have been used in the database. I found that sexual assault among college females had about 50 10 searches.

Next, I visited the university dean of students to determine whether sexual assault was a problem in the university and if yes, how serious was the problem. I met with the dean of students on the fifth day of my research. He acknowledged that there had been instances where sexual assault has been reported mainly among the students, with few cases being reported by both the teaching and the non-teaching staff, especially females. Per year, the dean’s office received on average fifteen sexual assault-related cases. Because of the problem of proving the case, most of these cases are never solved but when there is an evidence to collaborate the claim, there normally is expulsion and the case is handed to the state justice institutions.

By the end of the week, I had completed research. I felt…