UVA Student: Article Analysis

The Crime I read about in the articles that I researched were about the rape of a UVA student. The students name is identified by the alias of Jackie in both articles to protect her name and privacy during the publication of the articles. In the articles Jackie describes her experience of when she was forced against her will to engage in sexual acts that she had not consented to. Both of these articles were published because it raises awareness about rape on college campuses and what can be done to prevent the crime from happening again. In the first article I read UVA student details alleged gang rape by seven men during a fraternity initiation… and claims the school did nothing about it, recounts the events of what happened to Jackie on the night of September 28, 2012 when she went to the fraternity house Phi Kappa Psi. The article states that Jackie was invited to a ‘date night’ function hosted by Phi Kappa Psi by a junior named ‘Drew’ who worked with Jackie as a lifeguard at the university pool. During the function Drew invited Jackie upstairs to one of the bedrooms where Jackie was forced

Jackie is no longer in the place of the victim but rather she is the deviant. The media on the other hand plays the role of the victim. The theory of victimization in this case is also victim precipitation as the media put themselves in a position to be victimized. This article clearly and accurately describes the events of what actually didn’t happen on the night of September 28th. The media placed itself in this position by not double-checking with other sources about the legitimacy of this story. The author of this article seemed to be careful not to make any assumptions about what had actually happened to Jackie on that night. Rather the author merely stated that “if Jackie was attacked and, if so, by whom, cannot be established definitively from the evidence available” (author 2, year