@article{ref1,
title="Embodying Uncertainty?: Understanding Heightened Risk Perception of Drink 'Spiking'",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="2009",
author="Burgess, A. and Donovan, P. and Moore, S. E. H.",
volume="49",
number="6",
pages="848-862",
abstract="There is a stark contrast between heightened perceptions of risk associated with drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) and a lack of evidence that this is a widespread threat. Through surveys and interviews with university students in the United Kingdom and United States, we explore knowledge and beliefs about drink-spiking and the linked threat of sexual assault. University students in both locations are not only widely sensitized to the issue, but substantial segments claim first- or second-hand experience of particular incidents. We explore students' understanding of the DFSA threat in relationship to their attitudes concerning alcohol, binge-drinking, and responsibility for personal safety. We suggest that the drink-spiking narrative has a functional appeal in relation to the contemporary experience of young women's public drinking.<p />",
language="",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="10.1093/bjc/azp049",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azp049"
}