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.
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And 4.2% of college students are stalked.
(Cantor, Fisher, Chibnall, & Townsend, 2015)
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Out of every 1000 rapes, only 6 perpetrators will be sentenced to prison.
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Only about 34% of sexual assaults are reported
to the police.
(Truman, J.L. & Langton, L. 2015)
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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:
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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).
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Cantor, D., Fisher, B., Chibnall, S., & Townsend, R. (2015). Report on the AAU campus climate survey on sexual assault and sexual misconduct. Retrieved from https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/%40%20Files/Climate%20Survey/AAU_Campus_Climate_Survey_12_14_15.pdf
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Hamilton, L.K. (2006). Mistral's kiss. New York: Ballantine Books. p.169.
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Missouri Division of Behavioral Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2017). Behavioral health profile: cass county. Retrieved from website http://dmh.mo.gov/docs/ada/profile-cass.pdf
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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 https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fvsv9410.pdf
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Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. (2017). The criminal justice system: Statistics. Retrieved from https://rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system
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Snyder, H.N. (2000). Sexual assault of young children as reported to law enforcement: Victim, incident, and offender characteristics. p.10. Retrieved from https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/saycrle.pdf
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Tjaden, P., & Thoennes, N. (1998). Prevalence, incidence and consequences of violence against women: Findings from the national violence against women survey. Retrieved from https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/172837.pdf
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Truman, J.L. & Langton, L. (2015). Criminal Victimization, 2014. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Retrieved from https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv14.pdf
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United States Department of Health and Human Services, (2014). Child Maltreatment Survey, 2013. Retrieved from https://rainn.org/statistics/children-and-teens