Research + News | Topic: Violence

What You Need to Know About the ‘Red Zone,’ When Campus Sexual Assaults Spike

The “red zone” is a period from the beginning of fall semester to about Thanksgiving break when sexual assaults on U.S. college campuses seem to spike. Although every student, regardless of age or gender, is at risk, freshman females are the most vulnerable.

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3 Faith and Culture Trends for 2014

MajorTrendsBarna Group has identified three major trends concerning faith and culture. The research reports that “Americans are ranking their confidence in institutions at abysmal levels. And this institutional skepticism comprises a significant backdrop for the major faith and culture trends of 2014.”

Here are the three major trends:

1. The role of “church” generates both more skeptics and stronger apologists. 

2. Americans wrestle with a culture of violence.

3. Trust in the public school system is failing.

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