"Military leaders play central roles in responding to sexual assault in the military social ecology, yet their impacts on victims' post-assault and reporting experiences remain understudied. Using standpoint epistemology and a military-specific social ecological approach, this two-stage project investigated how military leaders impacted survivors' post-assault and reporting experiences, as well as their experiences with military peers, community resources, and justice and separation process." -- From the abstract, page iv.

"The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted." -- Reverse of title page "Duquesne University December 2017" -- Title page. "A dissertation submitted to the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts Duquesne University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." -- Title page.