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Statistical information about sexual abuse By Keener A. Tippin II
* Every hour in the United States, 16 women confront rapists; a woman is raped every six minutes. * Three out of four women will be victims of at least one violent crime during their lifetime. * One-third of all domestic violence cases, if reported, would be charged as felony rape or felonious assault. * The crime rate against women in the United States is significantly higher than in other country -- the United States has a rape rate that is 13 times higher than England's, nearly four times higher than Germany's, and more than 20 times higher than Japan's. * Of all those arrested for major crimes -- murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny theft, motor vehicle theft and arson -- rapists are the most likely to escape conviction. * More than 40 percent of college women who have been raped say that they expect to be raped again. * There were more women injured by rapists last year than Marines wounded by the enemy in all of World War II. * Although campus studies suggest that 1,275 women were raped at America's three largest universities in 1989, only three of those rapes were reported to police. * One out of every seven women currently attending college has been raped. * The average age of a rape victim is 18 1/2 years old. * Young women ages 16-19 years old are the most likely to be raped. * Fifty-seven percent of college rape victims are attacked by dates. * Girls ages 12-15 years old are the most likely to be raped by strangers. * Since 1974, the rate of assaults against young women (20-24) has jumped 48 percent. For men of the same age group, it has decreased 12 percent. Information compiled by the majority staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee (July 31,1990)
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