So….. Who are the
Victims??
WOMEN
- 1 out
of every 6 American women has been the victim of an
attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (4.8% completed
rape; 2.8% attempted rape).
- 7.7
million American women have been victims of attempted or
completed rape.
- 9 of
every 10 rape victims were female in 2003.
MEN
- About
3% of American men — or 1 in 33 — have experienced an
attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
- 1 in
every 10 rape victims were male in 2003.
- 2.78
million men in the U.S. have been victims of sexual assault
or rape.
CHILDREN
- 15% of
sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12.
- 29% are
age 12-17.
- 44% OF
CHILDREN are under age 18.3 as victims of rape, or sexual
assault.
- 80% are
under age 30.3
- 12-34
are the highest risk years.
- Girls
ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general
population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual
assault.
- 7% of
girls in grades 5-8 and 12% of girls in grades 9-12 said
they had been sexually abused.
- 3% of
boys grades 5-8 and 5% of boys in grades 9-12 said they had
been sexually abused.
In 1995,
local child protection service agencies identified 126,000
children who were victims of either substantiated or indicated
sexual abuse:
- Of
these, 75% were girls.
- Nearly
30% of child victims were between the age of 4 and 7.
- 93% of
juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker
- 34.2%
of attackers were family members.
- 58.7%
were acquaintances.
- Only 7%
of the perpetrators were strangers to the victim.
OFFENDERS
Approximately 2/3 of rapes were committed by someone known to
the victim.
EFFECTS OF RAPE:
Victims of sexual assault are:
“3 times more likely to suffer from depression.”
“6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress
disorder.”
“13 times more likely to abuse alcohol.”
“26 times more likely to abuse drugs.”
“4 times more likely to contemplate suicide.”
PREGNANCIES RESULTING FROM RAPE:
In 2004-2005, 64,080 women were raped. According to medical
reports, the incidence of pregnancy for one-time unprotected
sexual intercourse is 5%. By applying the pregnancy rate to
64,080 women, RAINN estimates that there were 3,204 pregnancies
as a result of rape during that period.
REPORTING RATES
Sexual assault is one of the most under reported crimes, with
60% still being left unreported.
Males are the least likely to report a sexual assault, though
they make up about 10% of all victims.
What happens to Rapists When They are Caught and Prosecuted?
60% of rapes/sexual assaults are not reported to the police,
according to a statistical average of the past 5 years. Those
rapists, of course, never spend a day in prison.
Factoring in unreported rapes, only about 6% of rapists ever
serve a day in jail.
References
• U.S. Department of Justice. 2005 National Crime Victimization
Study. 2005.
• U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Statistics. 1997 Sex
Offenses and Offenders Study.
1997.
• U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Statistics. 1998 Alcohol
and Crime Study. 1998.
• 2002 Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994 Study. 2002.
• Bureau of Justice Statistics. Rape and Sexual Assault:
Reporting to Police and Medical
Attention. 1992-2000.
• National Center for Policy Analysis. Crime and Punishment in
America. 1999. References:
• National Institute of Justice & Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention. Prevalence,
Incidence and Consequences of Violence
Against Women Survey. 1998.
• U.S. Department of Justice. 2003 National Crime Victimization
Survey. 2003.
• U.S. Department of Justice. 2004 National Crime Victimization
Survey. 2004.
• 1998 Commonwealth Fund Survey of the Health of Adolescent
Girls. 1998.
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for
Children and Families.
1995 Child Maltreatment Survey. 1995.
• U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2000 Sexual Assault of Young
Children as Reported to Law
Enforcement. 2000.
• World Health Organization. 2002.
• U.S. Department of Justice. 2005 National Crime Victimization
Survey. 2005.
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