8% of rapes occur while the survivor is at work.
SOURCE | DUHART, D. (2001). VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE, 1993-99. BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS.
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61% of survivors did not tell anyone around the time of the abuse/assault according to a national survey on sexual violence within the transgender and SOFFA (Significant Others, Friends, Family and Allies) community. While 47% have long-term medical conditions or physical scarring from the abuse/assault(s), the first access of mental health services was most commonly 10 years post abuse/assault.
SOURCE | THE TRANSGENDER SEXUAL VIOLENCE PROJECT
The estimated societal cost of short-term lost productivity is $110 billion due to intimate partner violence, sexual violence, or stalking, across the lifetimes of all survivors.
SOURCE | CORA PETERSON, PHD, YANG LIU, PHD, MARCIE-JO KRESNOW, MS, CURTIS FLORENCE, PHD, MELISSA T. MERRICK, PHD, SARAH DEGUE, PHD, AND COLBY N. LOKEY, MS. SHORT-TERM LOST PRODUCTIVITY PER VICTIM: INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, OR STALKING. AM J PREV MED. 2018 JULY ; 55(1): 106–110.
The estimated lifetime cost of rape ($122,461 per survivor) has a population economic burden of nearly $3.1 trillion over survivors’ lifetimes.
SOURCE | PETERSON C, DEGUE S, FLORENCE C, LOKEY CN. LIFETIME ECONOMIC BURDEN OF RAPE AMONG U.S. ADULTS. AM J PREV MED. 2017 JUN;52(6):691-701. DOI: 10.1016/J.AMEPRE.2016.11.014. EPUB 2017 JAN 30.
Nearly 80% of rape survivors did not receive medical attention following the incident, including necessary first respondent attention, according to a national sample of US adult women.
SOURCE | ZINZOW HM1, RESNICK HS, BARR SC, DANIELSON CK, KILPATRICK DG. RECEIPT OF POST-RAPE MEDICAL CARE IN A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF FEMALE VICTIMS. AM J PREV MED. 2012 AUG;43(2):183-7. DOI: 10.1016/J.AMEPRE.2012.02.025.
More than one third of women who report being raped before age 18 also experience rape as an adult.
SOURCE | BLACK, M. C., BASILE, K. C., BREIDING, M. J., SMITH, S .G., WALTERS, M. L., MERRICK, M. T., STEVENS, M. R. (2011). THE NATIONAL INTIMATE PARTNER AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE SURVEY (NISVS): 2010 SUMMARY REPORT. RETRIEVED FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Individuals ages 18 to 25 have a higher risk of sexual assault when compared to the general incarcerated population.
SOURCE | JENNESS, V., MAXSON, C. L., MATSUDA, K. N., SUMNER, J. M. (2007). VIOLENCE IN CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. IRVINE: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE.
61% of survivors did not tell anyone around the time of the abuse/assault according to a national survey on sexual violence within the transgender and SOFFA (Significant Others, Friends, Family and Allies) community. While 47% have long term medical conditions or physical scarring from the abuse/assault(s), the first access of mental health services was most commonly 10 years post abuse/assault.
SOURCE | THE TRANSGENDER SEXUAL VIOLENCE PROJECT