There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.
-Laurell K. Hamilton
(2006, p.169)
In the U.S.,
1 in 6 women will endure rape or attempted rape during their life.
(Tjaden & Thoennes, 1998)
STATISTICS:
Of undergraduate and graduate age students, 11.2% become victims of sexual violence.
And 4.2% of college students are stalked.
(Cantor, Fisher, Chibnall, & Townsend, 2015)
Out of every 1000 rapes, only 6 perpetrators will be sentenced to prison.
Only about 34% of sexual assaults are reported
to the police.
(Truman, J.L. & Langton, L. 2015)
Between 2005-2010, the top 3 reasons given for not reporting the incident was:
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Fear of retaliation (20%)
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Believed to be a personal issue (13%)
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Didn't believe justice would occur (13%)
(Planty, Langton, Krebs, Berzofsky, & Smiley-McDonald, 2013)
References:
Abbey, A. (2001). The relationship between the quantity of alcohol consumed and the severity of sexual assaults committed by college men. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18(7).
Cantor, D., Fisher, B., Chibnall, S., & Townsend, R. (2015). Report on the AAU campus climate survey on sexual assault and sexual misconduct. Retrieved from
Hamilton, L.K. (2006). Mistral's kiss. New York: Ballantine Books. p.169.
Missouri Division of Behavioral Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2017). Behavioral health profile: cass county. Retrieved from website
Planty, M., Langton, L., Krebs, C., Berzofsky, M., & Smiley-McDonald, H. (2013). Female Victims of Sexual Violence, 1994-2010. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Retrieved from
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. (2017). The criminal justice system: Statistics. Retrieved from
Snyder, H.N. (2000). Sexual assault of young children as reported to law enforcement: Victim, incident, and offender characteristics. p.10. Retrieved from
Tjaden, P., & Thoennes, N. (1998). Prevalence, incidence and consequences of violence against women: Findings from the national violence against women survey. Retrieved from
Truman, J.L. & Langton, L. (2015). Criminal Victimization, 2014. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Retrieved from
United States Department of Health and Human Services, (2014). Child Maltreatment Survey, 2013. Retrieved from