According to the Department of Justice
Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes.
- 1 of 3 US women and 1 of 6 US men have been victims of a completed or attempted rape.
- An estimated 302,091 women and 92,748 men are forcibly raped each year in the US.
- In sexual assaults of adults, the offender was a stranger in 25% of incidents, a family member in 12% of incidents, an acquaintance in 63% of incidents.
- 1/3 of all sexual assaults reported to law enforcement agencies involved a victim under the age of 12. 42% are age 6 and under, and 34% are between the ages of 7-11.
- Federal statistics show a similarity in the characteristics of those catergorized as rapists: 99 in 100 are male, 6 in 10 are white, and the average age is the early thirties.
- 1 in every 4 rapes takes place in a public area or in a parking garage.
- 68% of rapes occur between the hours of 6 am and 6 pm.
- In 29% of rapes, the offender used a weapon.
- In 47% of rapes, the victim sustained injuries other than rape injuries.
- 75% of female rape victims require medical care after an attack.
- Less than 5% of college women report incidences of rape to the police.
- 75% of male students and 55% of female students involved in date rape had been drinking or using drugs.
- More than half of raped college women tell no one of their victimization.
- U.S. Government statistics estimate 26% - 37% of all rapes are reported to police.
* (National Violence Against Women Survey; Office of Juvenile Justice; Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1995 - 2000.)
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