Sexual Assault Program
HOW COMMON IS THIS?
National Statistics:
The 1997 National Crime Victimization Survey, which includes both reported and unreported
crimes, found that despite a decline of 7 percent in the nation's crime rate in 1997, rates of
rape and sexual assault did not decline. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 1998. National
Crime Victimization Survey. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice.)
Using a definition of rape that includes forced vaginal, oral,
and anal sex, the National Violence Against Women Survey found
that 1 of 6 U.S. women and 1 of 33 U.S. men experienced an attempted
or completed rape as a child and/or as an adult. (National
Violence Against Women Survey, November 1998. Washington, D.C.:
National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.)
The National Crime Victimization Survey found that in 1996, more than two-thirds of rape/sexual
assaults committed in the nation remained unreported. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, November
1997. National Crime Victimization Survey. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice.)
56% of rape/sexual assault victims are under age 25. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997.)
More than 52 percent of all rape/sexual assault victims were females younger than 25.
(Bureau of Justice Statistics, September 1997. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice.)
According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, in 1997 the breakdown of rape victims by
age was as follows (RAINNews, January 1999.):
- 12-15 years - 18%
- 16-19 years - 41%
- 20-24 years - 17%
- 25-34 years - 17%
- 35-49 years - 4%
- 50-64 years - 1%
- 65+ years - 1%
75 - 80% of all sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the victim.
(Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA) Training Manual, 1997.)
60 - 75% of all rapes are planned in advance (Ibid.)
Before the age of 18, one in four girls and one in six boys will experience some form of sexual
abuse (National Center on Child Abuse Prevention Research, 1995.)
Costs of Sexual Violence by Minnesota Department of Health.
Hands of Hope Resource Center Local Statistics:
During a one-year period from October 1, 2008 through September 30,
2009, Hands of Hope Resource Center worked with 132 new sexual
assault cases within Morrison and Todd Counties. These cases
at times involved working with the primary victim, the secondary
victim, or in some cases both the primary and the secondary
victim.
Of these new sexual assault cases, 58 of these were children as the primary victim.
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