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Originally Posted by dvd316
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these numbers have been used to describe rape in the US for more than the past decade. I said 1 in 4, but its even reported as 1 in 3!
http://asucd.ucdavis.edu/organizatio.../mar/facts.htm
1 out of every 3 American women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime.
1 in 7 women will be raped by her husband.
61% of all rape cases are victims less than 18 years old. 22% are between the ages of 18 and 24.
In a survey of college women, 38% reported sexual victimization which met the legal definition of a rape or attempted rape, yet only 1 out of every 25 reported their assault to the police.
1 in 4 college women have either been raped or suffered attempted rape.
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.)
http://www.paralumun.com/issuesrapestats.htm
rape is more common now than ever, as you see, even CHILDREN are raping other children.