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Rape Statistics
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, women
between the ages of 16-24 experience rape at rates four times higher than
the rate for all women. The 2000 Sexual Victimization of College Women’s
study estimated that 25 percent of college women had been victims of
attempted or completed rape.
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Bureau of Justice Statistics
From the website of:
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Statistics
05/31/2009
Rape and Sexual Assault:
Reporting to Police and Medical Attention, 1992-2000
August 2002, NCJ 194530
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By Callie Marie Rennison, Ph.D.
BJS Statistician
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Highlights
Among injured female victims of rape or sexual assault, half of those
indicating that the crime was reported to the police received medical
treatment, compared to a fifth of those indicating the crimes were
unreported.
* All rapes, 39% of attempted rapes, and17% of sexual assaults against
females resulted in injured victims, 1992-2000.
* Most injured rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault victims did not
receive treatment for their injuries.
* Most rapes and sexual assaults against females were not reported to the
police. Thirty-six percent of rapes, 34% of attempted rapes, and 26% of
sexual assaults were reported to police, 1992-2000.
* When a rape or sexual assault was reported to the police, the victim was
the most likely to report it.
* 59% of the victims of completed rape whose victimizations were reported
to the police were treated for their injuries,
compared to 17% of rape victims with unreported victimizations.
* 45% of injured female victims of a reported attempted rape compared to
22% of injured victims of an unreported
attempted rape received medical treatment, 1992-2000.
* Of all injured sexual assault victims, 37% of victims in which the violence
was reported and 18% of victims in which the
violence was unreported received medical treatment, 1992-2000.
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Persons age 12 or older experienced an average annual 140,990 completed
rapes, 109,230 attempted rapes, and 152,680
completed and attempted sexual assaults between 1992 and 2000, according
to the National Crime Victimization Survey
(NCVS). Most rapes and sexual assaults were committed against females:
Female victims accounted for 94% of all completed
rapes, 91% of all attempted rapes, and 89% of all completed and attempted
sexual assaults, 1992-2000.
Because of the small number of sample cases of rape and sexual assault
against males, analysis in the remainder of this report relates to female
victims only. Data are aggregated across 9 years to produce average annual
estimates.
Injuries
All victims of completed rape are considered to have been injured, by NCVS
definition. Thirty-eight percent of female rape victims sustained an injury
in addition to the rape. Thirty-nine percent of attempted rape victims and
17% of sexual assault victims were injured during their victimization, 1992-
2000.
Nonfatal injuries from any crime range from bruises and chipped teeth
(minor) to broken bones and gunshot wounds (serious). (See Injuries from
Violent Crime, 1992-98, NCJ 168633.)
Among completed rape victims, 33% had additional minor injuries, and 5%
suffered additional serious injuries. Two-thirds of attempted rape victims
suffered minor injuries. Three percent of injured victims were seriously
injured during an attempted
rape. Fifty-four percent of injured sexual assault victims reported receiving
minor injuries, and 5% were seriously injured.
Reporting to police
Most rapes and sexual assaults were not reported to the police. Sixty-
three percent of completed rapes, 65% of attempted rapes, and 74% of
completed and attempted sexual assaults against females were not reported
to the police. (See box, page 3, for the most common reasons for not
reporting.) When the police were notified about a rape or sexual assault,
the victim most often made the report.
Treatment of injuries
Most injured rape and sexual assault victims were not treated for their
injuries. Treatment for injuries range from receiving care at the scene or in
the victim's home to being admitted to a hospital. Thirty-two percent of
completed rape victims, 32% of injured attempted rape victims, and 27% of
injured sexual assault victims were treated.
Forty-eight percent of female rape victims who received treatment for
their injuries were treated at, but not admitted to, a
hospital. An additional 24% of treated rape victims were cared for at home
or at the scene, and 20% were treated at a doctor's office or clinic.
Injured victims of attempted rape were equally likely to be treated at the
scene/home or at a hospital. Of injured female attempted rape victims,
44% were treated, but not admitted to the hospital, and 39% were treated
at the scene or at home.
Injured victims of completed and attempted sexual assault received
treatment at the scene or at home (20%), at a doctor's office or clinic
(31%), or at the hospital (24%) at statistically similar percentages.
For the complete report, go to:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/rsarp00.htm
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