People still say to women that to avoid sexual assault or rape "don't go to dark alleys at night" or "don't dress provocatively" or something similar. In the light of the statistics these seem like empty words.
(Source: Statistics | RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network)
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime.
9 of every 10 rape victims were female in 2003
Lifetime rate of rape /attempted rape for women by race:
44% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 18.
93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker:
American Indians were twice as likely to experience a rape/sexual assault compared to all races.
Every 2 minutes, another American is sexually assaulted.
Out of every 100 rapes:
The Rapist isn't a Masked Stranger:
More than 50% of all rape/sexual assault incidents were reported by victims to have occured within 1 mile of their home or at their home.
The Criminal
What is especially disturbing is the twice as high percentage of American Indian/Alaskan women as victims, considering 52% of offenders are white and 22% are married.
(Source: Statistics | RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network)
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime.
9 of every 10 rape victims were female in 2003
Lifetime rate of rape /attempted rape for women by race:
- All women: 17.6%
- White women: 17.7%
- Black women: 18.8%
- Asian Pacific Islander women: 6.8%
- American Indian/Alaskan women: 34.1%
- Mixed race women: 24.4%
44% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 18.
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.
American Indians were twice as likely to experience a rape/sexual assault compared to all races.
Every 2 minutes, another American is sexually assaulted.
Out of every 100 rapes:
- 40 get reported to police
- 10 lead to an arrest
- 8 get prosecuted
- 4 lead to a felony conviction
- 3 rapists will spend even a single day in prison
The Rapist isn't a Masked Stranger:
- Approximately 2/3 of rapes were committed by someone known to the victim.
- 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger.
- 38% of rapists are a friend or acquaintance.
- 28% are an intimate.
- 7% are a relative.
More than 50% of all rape/sexual assault incidents were reported by victims to have occured within 1 mile of their home or at their home.
- 4 in 10 take place at the victim's home.
- 2 in 10 take place at the home of a friend, neighbor, or relative.
- 1 in 12 take place in a parking garage.
- 43% of rapes occur between 6:00pm and midnight.
- 24% occur between midnight and 6:00am.
- The other 33% take place between 6:00am and 6:00pm.
The Criminal
- The average age of a rapist is 31 years old.
- 52% are white.
- 22% of imprisoned rapists report that they are married.
What is especially disturbing is the twice as high percentage of American Indian/Alaskan women as victims, considering 52% of offenders are white and 22% are married.
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