1 in 4 women have experienced rape or attempted rape during their lifetimes, according to several national U.S. surveys.
SOURCE | FISHER ET AL. 2000; KOSS ET AL. 1987; TJADEN AND THOENNES 2000 FISHER, B. S., CULLEN, F. T., […]
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1 in 10 elderly persons suffer abuse, including sexual abuse, within a one-year period. Among those aged 60 and over, the lifetime prevalence of sexual assault is 7%.
SOURCE | ACIERNO, RON & HERNANDEZ-TEJADA, MELBA & AMSTADTER, ANANDA & RESNICK, HEIDI & STEVE, KENNETH & MUZZY, WENDY &
Women are 6 times more likely to be victims of elder sexual abuse.
SOURCE | NURSINGHOMEABUSECENTER.COM
Up to 55% of Asian women report experiencing sexual violence in their lifetime.
SOURCE | API-GBV.ORG
The number of Latinx people reporting rapes in Houston fell by over 40% in 2017 from the same period in 2016.
SOURCE | ART ACEVEDO, CHIEF OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. CITED IN MEDINA, JENNIFER (APRIL 30, 2017) “TOO SCARED TO REPORT
The average age of sexual assault is 15 according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
SOURCE | FELSON, R. B., CUNDIFF, P. R. (2014). SEXUAL ASSAULT AS A CRIME AGAINST YOUNG PEOPLE. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL
Nearly 86% of rapes of American Indian and Alaska Native women are perpetrated by non-Native men.
SOURCE | AMENSTY INTERNATIONAL (2007), MAZE OF INJUSTICE: THE FAILURE TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS WOMEN FROM SEXUAL VIOLENCE.