Hazing fact sheet
(Posted: 30-Sep-05)
National Hazing Prevention Week
Fact Sheet: Hazing in the United States
At present 44 states have anti-hazing laws. The most recent states to create or update their hazing laws are Michigan, Arizona, Nevada and Louisiana.
There are six states in the United States that do not have anti-hazing laws, they are: Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Since 1970, there has been at least one hazing-related death on a college campus each year.
As of January 1, 2005, the number of recorded hazing/pledging/rushing–related deaths in fraternities and sororities stands at 80 males and six females.
The first recorded incident of hazing involving sexual abuse occurred in 1983.
Other hazing incidents involving sexual intimidation, nudity or stimulation, have been increasing in their frequency since 1995.
Among high school students, close to 25 percent of students reported being hazed when joining a sports team
In 1998, two members of a New Hampshire multi-jurisdiction task force to pass a state hazing law created the resource StopHazing.org. The web site educates more than30,000 visitors a month about the nature of hazing, alternatives and the law.
Some common forms of hazing include personal servitude, sleep deprivation, restriction of personal hygiene, yelling, swearing and insulting new members/rookies, being forced to wear humiliating attire, drinking/alcohol related games, sexual simulation and sexual assault.
An initiative to pass a Federal Anti-Hazing Law began in December 2004, spearheaded by the organization Mothers Against School Hazing (or MASH.)
Eighty two percent of deaths from hazing involve alcohol.
Download the fact sheet at
http://www.nhpw.com/
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