Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military. Top-line estimates for active-duty service members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study.

• Author: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
• TeilnehmendeR: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.); DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (U.S.)
• Place / Publishing House: Santa Monica, Ca : : Rand Corporation ;, 2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: RR-870-OSD Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 43 pages) :; color illustrations
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph; Prepared for the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office

In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: A New Approach to Counting Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Gender Discrimination -- Fielding the RAND Military Workplace Study Survey -- Top-Line Results from the RAND Military Workplace Study -- The Percentage of Active-Duty Men and Women Experiencing Sexual Assault and Harassment -- Time Trends on Unwanted Sexual Contact and Sexual Harassment Measures -- Comparing Results Across the Two Survey Instruments -- Implications of the Top-Line Results -- Next Steps.