Tip #16 – Personal Responsibility Increases Personal Safety! Campus Safety Awareness Month

Drugs and/or alcohol are estimated to be involved in 90% of date/acquaintance rapes and are involved in many other types of campus crimes including hazing and hate crimes.  They affect your ability to make intelligent or life-saving decisions, such as identifying danger signs and finding ways to escape, and they relax your inhibitions about things you might not ordinarily do, like leaving a party with someone you don’t know or getting into a car with someone who’s drunk. 

Can’t say it enough:  Be responsible for what and how much you consume because personal responsibility increases personal safety.   Also can’t say it enough:  No one deserves to be raped, assaulted or abused, ever, no matter what the circumstances.  Even if you think you did something stupid that made you vulnerable, the blame ALWAYS falls squarely on the attacker.  Crime Prevention 101