ABSTRACT
College campuses hold a key position in US scholarship on violence against women. This chapter reviews research about rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and the more limited evidence about domestic/intimate partner violence in college contexts. Analysis of college hookup and rape culture has long highlighted the relevance of gendered norms in sexual violence perpetration. Intersecting inequalities remain underexplored, despite existing literature showing the urgency of analyzing sex/gender, race, and power in campus contexts. Recent shifts in Title IX have reignited debates about victim-survivor agency (e.g., mandatory reporting), accountability for perpetrators, and due process. Bystander programs have proliferated on college campuses, but some thinkers question this premise. This chapter begins with a celebration of student-survivor activism and draws on leading legal scholars, Nancy Chi Cantalupo and Catharine MacKinnon, to explore institutional responses to violence.
