WHY IS EVERYONE WARNING YOU ABOUT 'STRANGER DANGER' ?
92% of rapes were committed by known assailants. About half of all rapes and sexual assaults against women are committed by friends and acquaintances -and 26% are by intimate partners.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice: (All statistics are taken from: Violenceagainst Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1994.)
* One of every four rapes take place in a public area or in a parking garage.
* 31% of female victims reported that the offender was a stranger.
* 68% of rapes occur between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
* At least 45% of rapists were under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
* In 29% of rapes, the offender used a weapon.
* In 47% of rapes, the victim sustained injuries other than rape injuries.
* 75% of female rape victims require medical care after the attack.
In a national survey 27.7% of college women reported a sexual experience since the age of fourteen that met the legal definition of rape or attempted rape, and 7.7% of college men reported perpetrating aggressive behavior which met the legal definition of rape.
* About 81% of rape victims are white; 18% are black; 1% are of other races. (Violence against Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1994.)
* About half of all rape victims are in the lowest third of income distribution; half are in the upper two-thirds. (Violence against Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1994.)
* There were 71 forcible rapes per 100,000 females reported to United States law enforcement agencies in 1996.
* Data from the National Women's Study, a longitudinal telephone survey of a national household probability sample of women at least 18 years of age, show 683,000 women forcibly raped each year and that 84% of rape victims did not report the offense to the police.
* Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
* In 1995, 354,670 women were the victims of a rape or sexual assault. (NationalCrime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996.)
* Over the last two years, more than 787,000 women were the victim of a rape or sexual assault. (National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S.Department of Justice, 1996.)
* The FBI estimates that 72 of every 100,000 females in the United States wereraped last year. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Statistics, 1996.)
The National Crime Victimization Survey 1992 - 1992
According to the U.S. Department of Justice: (All statistics are taken from: Violenceagainst Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1994.)
* One of every four rapes take place in a public area or in a parking garage.
* 31% of female victims reported that the offender was a stranger.
* 68% of rapes occur between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
* At least 45% of rapists were under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
* In 29% of rapes, the offender used a weapon.
* In 47% of rapes, the victim sustained injuries other than rape injuries.
* 75% of female rape victims require medical care after the attack.
In a national survey 27.7% of college women reported a sexual experience since the age of fourteen that met the legal definition of rape or attempted rape, and 7.7% of college men reported perpetrating aggressive behavior which met the legal definition of rape.
* About 81% of rape victims are white; 18% are black; 1% are of other races. (Violence against Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1994.)
* About half of all rape victims are in the lowest third of income distribution; half are in the upper two-thirds. (Violence against Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1994.)
* There were 71 forcible rapes per 100,000 females reported to United States law enforcement agencies in 1996.
* Data from the National Women's Study, a longitudinal telephone survey of a national household probability sample of women at least 18 years of age, show 683,000 women forcibly raped each year and that 84% of rape victims did not report the offense to the police.
* Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
* In 1995, 354,670 women were the victims of a rape or sexual assault. (NationalCrime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996.)
* Over the last two years, more than 787,000 women were the victim of a rape or sexual assault. (National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S.Department of Justice, 1996.)
* The FBI estimates that 72 of every 100,000 females in the United States wereraped last year. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Statistics, 1996.)
The National Crime Victimization Survey 1992 - 1992