RAPE STATISTICS
Drake Core Monsters
- An estimated 91% of victims of rape are female, 9% are
male and 99% of offenders are male. (Bureau of Justice Statistics 1999)
- 77% of rapes are committed by someone known to the
person raped. (Bureau of Justice Statistics 1997)
- According to the National Crime Victimization Survey
there were an estimated 248,000 rapes and sexual assaults against victims over
the age of 12 in the US in 2001. (US Department of Justice)
- According to the National Victim Center, 683,000 women
are raped each year. (1992)
- Only 2% of rapists are convicted and imprisoned. (US
Senate Judiciary Committee 1993)
- 80-90% of rapes against women (except for American
Indian women) are committed by someone of the same racial background as the
victim. (US Dept. of Justice 1994)
- In a 1999 longitudinal study of 3,000 women, researchers
found women who had been victimized before were seven times more likely to be
raped again. (Acierno, Resnick, Kilpatrick, Saunders and Best, Jnl. of Anxiety
Disorders 13, 6.)
- 93% of women and 86% of men who were raped and/or
physically assaulted since the age of 18 were assaulted by a male. (National
Violence Against Women Survey, 1998)
- Among female rape victims, 61% are under age 18.
(American Academy of Pediatrics, 1995)
- 22% of females raped are under the age of 12 years; 32%
are 12-17 years old; 29% 18-24 years old; 17% over 25 years old. 83% of those
raped are under the age of 25 years old. (National Institute of Justice 1998)
- In a study of 6,000 students at 32 colleges in the US, 1
in 4 women had been the victims of rape or attempted rape. (Warshaw 1994)
- 13% of college women indicated they had been forced to
have sex in a dating situation. (Johnson and Sigler, Jnl. of Interpersonal
Violence, 2000)
- In a study of 6,000 students at 32 colleges in the US,
42% of rape victims told no-one and only 5% reported it to the police. (Warshaw
1994)
- 1 in 12 male students surveyed had committed acts that
met the legal definition of rape or attempted rape. (Warshaw, Robin 1994 "I
Never Called It Rape")
- In a survey of college males who committed rape, 84%
said what they did was definitely not rape. (Warshaw, Robin 1994 "I Never
Called It Rape")
- Women with disabilities are raped and abused at twice
the rate of the general population. (Sobsey 1994)
- Of the 22 substances used in drug facilitated rape,
alcohol is the most common finding in investigations. (Jnl. of Forensic
Sciences 1999)
- A 1991 study of college gay, lesbian and bisexual
students found that 18% had been victims of rape and 12% victims of attempted
rape. (Jnl. Of College Student Development)
- 15% of men who lived with a man as a couple reported
being raped/assaulted or stalked by a male cohabitant. (1999 Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention)
- 6 out of 10 rapes are reported by victims to have
occurred in their own home or home of a friend, relative or neighbor. (US
Dept. of Justice 1997)
- Sexual assault is reported by 33-46% of women who are
being physically assaulted by their husbands. (AMA 1995)
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also: http://www.rainn.org/statistics.html#mentoo