Rape:
About Victims
Sexual Assault Numbers
Reporting to Police
About Rapists
- 44% of victims are under age 18
- 80% are under age 30
Sexual Assault Numbers
- Every 2 minutes, another American is sexually assaulted
- There is an average of 267,868 victims (age 12 or older) of sexual assault each year
Reporting to Police
- 60% of sexual assaults are not reported to the police
- 97% of rapists will never spend a day in jail
About Rapists
- Approximately 2/3 of assaults are committed by someone known to the victim
- 38% of rapists are a friend or acquaintance
Gendered Violence:
Men, on average, experience more physical violence in their lifetimes than women.
•Adult men in the United States are twice as likely as women to have been punched or beaten in their lifetime.
•Men are almost 4 times more likely than women to be murdered in the United States.
Men and women experience different kinds of violence.
•Women are most likely to be killed by a romantic partner or ex-partner. These sorts of killings account for 30% of murders of females and only 5% of murders of males.
•Men are most likely to be killed by a male friend or casual acquaintance.
•Women are more likely to experience (or report experiencing) a sexual assault than men. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the United States between 1992 and 2000 94% of reported rape victims were women.
•Women are much more likely to experience violence from someone they know than are men. In 1994, 62% of female victims, compared to 37% of male victims, of reported incidents of violent crime knew their perpetrator.
Men are much more likely to commit violent acts than women.
•Men are almost 10 times more likely than women to commit murder.
•Men are more than 6 times more likely than women to be the perpetrator of a nonfatal violent crime.
•Adult men in the United States are twice as likely as women to have been punched or beaten in their lifetime.
•Men are almost 4 times more likely than women to be murdered in the United States.
Men and women experience different kinds of violence.
•Women are most likely to be killed by a romantic partner or ex-partner. These sorts of killings account for 30% of murders of females and only 5% of murders of males.
•Men are most likely to be killed by a male friend or casual acquaintance.
•Women are more likely to experience (or report experiencing) a sexual assault than men. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the United States between 1992 and 2000 94% of reported rape victims were women.
•Women are much more likely to experience violence from someone they know than are men. In 1994, 62% of female victims, compared to 37% of male victims, of reported incidents of violent crime knew their perpetrator.
Men are much more likely to commit violent acts than women.
•Men are almost 10 times more likely than women to commit murder.
•Men are more than 6 times more likely than women to be the perpetrator of a nonfatal violent crime.