2010 National Crimes Victims Rights Week April 18-24
Sunday, April 18th, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Locks-N-More would like to help bring awareness to the horrible crimes of sexual violence.
Some facts about sexual assault and rape:
- A sexual assault occurs every two and half minutes in America.
- 17.7 million women in America have been a victim of attempted or completed rape.
- In approximately 50% of sexual assault and rape cases the victims are under the age of 18.
- Sexual assault victims between the ages of 12-17 are two to three times more likely to be victims of sexual assault.
- 78% of teenage victims do not tell parents and 71% tell a friend about the assault.
- College aged women are 4 times more likely to be victims of sexual assault
- 1 in 4 college women surveyed reported being a victim of rape or attempted rape.
- Approximately 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger with 38% of those being a friend or acquaintance of the victim.
- 75% of rapes perpetrated by an acquaintance involved alcohol.
- Women between the ages of 16-24 are 4 times more likely to be victims of sexual assault.
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