This article examines the relationship between collegiate athletic participation and reported sexual assaults at Division I institutions. The research is based on the police records at 20 institutions during the 1992-1993 school year and the records of 10 judicial affairs offices over a 3-year period from 1991 through 1993. Although the findings indicate that male student-athletes are overrepresented in reports of sexual assault in both locations, the differences between student-athletes and other male students are statistically significant only when it comes to the number of incidents reported to judicial affairs.

Male student-athletes are overrepresented in sexual assault reports at Division I institutions, but the differences are statistically significant only in the number of incidents reported to judicial affairs offices.

MALE STUDENT-ATHLETES REPORTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT: A SURVEY OF CAMPUS POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS OFFICES

Key Takeaway: Male student-athletes are overrepresented in sexual assault reports at Division I institutions, but the differences are statistically significant only in the number of incidents reported to judicial affairs offices.