Did you know…

• Nearly one in every four women are beaten or raped by a partner during adulthood.

• 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.

• College age women are 4 times more likely to be sexually assaulted.

• Every 2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.

• Women of all races are about equally vulnerable to violence by an intimate.

• Same-sex abusers use a form of abuse similar to those of heterosexual abusers, but they also have an additional weapon in the threat of “outing” their partner to family, friends, employers, or community

• 43% of rapes occur between 6:00pm and midnight.

• More than 50% of all rape/sexual assault incidents were reported by victims to have occurred within 1 mile of their home or at their home.

• 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.

• About 2/3 of victims know their attacker.

• Attempted rape is considered a serious crime.

• 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.

• Victims are six (6) times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

• Sexual assault victims are thirteen (13) times more likely to engage in alcohol abuse.

• Sexual assault victims are twenty-six (26) times more likely to engage in drug abuse.

• Victims of sexual assault are four (4) times more likely to contemplate suicide.

References

1. National Institute of Justice & Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women Survey. 1998.
2. U.S. Department of Justice. 2003 & 2004 National Crime Victimization Survey. 2003 & 2004.
3. 1998 Commonwealth Fund Survey of the Health of Adolescent Girls. 1998.
4. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. 1995 Child Maltreatment Survey. 1995.
5. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2000 Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement. 2000.
6. World Health Organization. 2002.
7. U.S. Department of Justice. 2005 National Crime Victimization Survey. 2005.