VICTORY Program

Violence Information, Counseling, Treatment, Outreach, Rights and You

VICTORY Program Home

Dating Violence

Sexual Assault

Stalking

Domestic Violence

Request a Program

To Report an Incident

24 Hour Crisis Hotline

News and Events

Resources

Volunteer

Faculty and Staff

Green Dot

Peer Educators

Discussion

MISSION STATEMENT

The VICTORY Program at Southeast Missouri State University promotes awareness of the realities of dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.  The program also provides education and training for students, faculty and staff concerning these topics.  Additionally, the program serves as a resource for victims and as a liaison between university departments and local resource groups. 

To Get Help or Learn More Please Contact:

Kristi Reed, Project Coordinator

Dr. John Wade Project Director

Southeast Missouri State University

University Center, Room 406 MS 1500

Center for Student Development
1 University Plaza
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Phone:  (573) 986-6899 Fax:  (573) 986-7388
Email:  kreed1s@semo.edu or jwade@semo.edu

If there is an emergency

or if you are in immediate danger,

call 9-1-1 or DPS at (573) 651-2215. 

Each year, women experience about 4.8 million intimate partner

related physical assaults and rapes.  Men are the victims of about

2.9 million intimate partner related physical assaults.¹

20% to 25% of women in college reported experiencing

an attempted or a completed rape in college.²

60% of acquaintance rapes on college campuses occur in

casual or steady dating relationships.³

1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will be stalked in their lifetime.⁴

In one year, more than 13% of college women indicated

they had been stalked, 42% by a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend.⁵

Young women, ages 16-24 years, experience the

highest rates of dating violence.⁶

__________________________________________________

1  Understanding Intimate Partner Violence Fact Sheet 2006, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;  http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/IPV-FactSheet.pdf.

2 Sexual Violence Facts at a Glance, Spring 2008, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/SV-DataSheet-a.pdf.

3 Campus Dating Violence Fact Sheet, Dating Violence Resource Center, The National Center for Victims of Crime; http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/AGP.Net/Components/documentViewer/Download.aspxnz?DocumentID=38056.

4 Stalking Fact Sheet, Stalking Resource Center, The National Center for Victims of Crime; http://www.ncvc.org/src/AGP.Net/Components/DocumentViewer/Download.aspxnz?DocumentID=40616.

5 Campus Dating Violence Fact Sheet, Dating Violence Resource Center, The National Center for Victims of Crime; http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/AGP.Net/Components/documentViewer/Download.aspxnz?DocumentID=38056.

6 Teen Tools, Help for Teenage Victims of Crime:  Dating Violence, The National Center for Victims of Crime. http://www.ncvc.org/tvp/AGP.Net/Components/DocumentViewer/Download.aspxnz?DocumentID=45314.