Sexual Assault Information

 

Sexual assault is a violent crime, not a sexual one.  The assailant uses sex to inflict violence and humiliation on the victim, or to exert power and control over the victim.

Sexual offenses can include several kinds of crimes:  rape, incest, sexual harassment, child molestation, marital rape, indecent exposure, and voyeurism.

 

Child Sexual Abuse

Date Rape/College Sexual Assault

Adult Sexual Assault

Marital Rape

 

Child Sexual Abuse Statistics

 

 

• 38% of girls are sexually abused before the age of 18.
• 16% of boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.
• In 1994 345,000 sexual abuse incidents were reported to Child Protective Services in the U.S.
• 90 – 95% of all sexual abuse cases go unreported to the police.
• In most cases, the child knew the sex offender.  With girls, 29% were relatives and 60% were

Acquaintances.

• With boys 16% were relatives and 44% were acquaintances.
• Fabricated sexual abuse reports constitute 1 to 4 % of cases reported.
• Physical force was not used in 2/3 of incestuous abuse.
• Children who grow in a family where there is D.V.  are 8 times more likely to be sexually molested within that family.
• 68% of incest survivors were adult victims of rape or attempted rape by a non-relative at some point in their lives.
• Women who reported childhood rape were three times more likely to become pregnant before age 18.
• 70 to 80 % of sexual abuse survivors report excessive use of drugs and alcohol.
• 70% of child sex offenders had between 1 & 9 victims, 23% had 10 to 40 victims.
• Approximately 1/3 of all juvenile victims of sexual abuse are children younger than 6 yrs. of age.
• In 1995 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 ages of 4 & 7.

 

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Date Rape/College Sexual Assault

 

 

• Teens 16 – 19 were  3 ½  times more likely than the  general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape and sexual assault.
• 25% of college women in one survey experienced rape or attempted rape.
• 15% of the college men is a study admitted they had forced a woman to have sex: 51% of college men in another survey said they would rape if they were certain they would get away with it.
• 75% of men and 55% of women had been drinking alcohol or taking drugs prior to an acquaintance rape.
• GBH (Gamma-Hydroxybutyerate)  and Rohypnol are the most common date rape Drugs.
• GBH  & Rohypnol -  Abuse Patterns, The most common are rapist who slip the drug into a victim’s drink before the rape or sexual assault.
• Within a few moments the victim appears drunk and helpless.
• Perpetrator acts as a “Good Samaritan” and offers to escort the victim home.
• When victim regains consciousness, she has not memory of the rape or the sexual assault.
• According to the Justice Department, 1 in 2 rape victims are under the age of 18.

 

 

Adult Sexual Assault

 

 

• A woman is raped or sexually assaulted every 2 minutes.
• There are 300,000 sexual assaults every year.
• 2/3 of sexual assault are committed by someone who is know to the victim.
• 40% of female victims are raped/sexually assaulted by an acquaintance or friend.
• 24% are raped by a current or former intimate partner.
• 32% of rapes and sexual assaults are committed by strangers.
• 6 of 10 rape/sexual assault incidents were reported by victims to have occurred in their own home or at the home of a friend, relative, or neighbor.
• About 2/3 of rapes/sexual assaults occur between 6 PM and 6 AM.
• 1 out of every 4 rapes takes place in a public area or in a parking garage.
• At least 45% of rapists were under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
• 47% of rapes, the victim sustained injuries other than rapes injuries.
• 75% of female rape victims require medical care after the attack.
• 90% of all rapes are planned.  In 87% of the cases the assailant either carried a weapon of threatened the victim with death if she resisted.
• The rate of sexual assault in the United States is the highest of any industrialized nation in the world.
• Women don’t lie about rape.  The FBI reports that false accusations account for only 2% of all reported sexual assaults.

 

 

Marital Rape

 

 

 

• 1993 Marital rape became a crime all 50 states.
• 10 to 14% of married women are raped by their husbands.
• Women who are raped by their husbands will likely be raped a multitude of times.
• Martial Rape is categorized into 3 types.
• Force only rape – The husband uses only the amount of force necessary to coerce their wives.
• Battering rape – Husbands rape and batter their wives.  The battering may happen concurrently or before or after the sexual assault.
• Sadistic/obsessive rape – Husbands use torture or perverse sexual acts.  Pornography is often involved.
• High Risk women are women who are pregnant, who are ill or recovering from surgery, who are separated or divorced, who husbands view them as property, and those in a physically violent relationship.
• There are many of physical and emotional consequences that may accompany marital rape.
• Physical effects include:  injuries to vaginal and anal areas, lacerations, soreness, bruising, torn muscles, fatigue and vomiting.
• For those battered and raped:  broken bones, black eyes, bloody noses and knife wounds.
• Gynecological effects are: vaginal stretching, miscarriages, stillbirths, bladder infections, sexually transmitted diseases and infertility.
• Short term psychological effects include:  PTSD, anxiety, shock, intense fear, depression,  and suicidal ideation.
• Long term psychological effects:  sleeping disorder, eating disorder, depression, intimacy problems, negative self images, and sexual dysfunction.

 

 

Every 2 minutes there is a adult woman raped in this country.  Every day 365 days a year over 1,800 women are raped.   While reading this page approximately 5 women were raped.

 

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