Tuesday, August 26, 2014

THINK ABOUT THIS...


  • There was an average of 51,000 sexual assaults occurring in the workplace within a 4 year time span. 
  • One out of every six American women have been the victims of an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime (14.8% completed rape; 2.8% attempted rape).
  • A total of 17.7 million women have been victims of these crimes.
  • In 2002, seven out of every eight rape victims were female.
  • Lifetime rate of rape/attempted rape (women):
                      All: 17.6% (approx. 1 in 5)
                      White: 17.7%
                      Black: 18.8%
                     Asian.Pacific Islander: 6.8%
                     Am. Indian/Alaskan: 34.1%
                     Mixed Race: 24.4%
  • Blacks are about 10% more likely to be attacked than whites.
  • Approximately 66% of rape victims know their attacker
  • Approximately 48% of victims are raped by a friend or acquaintance; 30% by a stranger; 16% by an intimate; 2% by another relative; and in 4% of cases the relationship is unknown.
  • The average age of rapists at arrest is 31. 
  • Fifty-two percent are white; twenty-two percent of imprisoned rapists report that they are married.


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