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AGE

80% of victims are under age 30

44% of rape victims are under age 18

29% are age 12-17
15% are under age 12

[Sex Offenses and Offenders.] [SOO, 1997, 1999 NCVS]

GENDER

87% of rape victims are female

About 13% of victims were male, higher than in previous years

FORCE

About 7% of rapes involved the use of a weapon

2% used a gun,

4% used a knife.

86% of victims reported the use of physical force only, and 7% were unsure. [2000 NCVS.]

RELATIONSHIP TO VICTIM

69% of victims knew their attacker

16% of offenders were intimates of the victim

48% of offenders were friends/acquaintances of the victim

2% of offenders were other relatives of the victim

93% of juvenile sexual assault victims knew their attacker

REPORTING TO POLICE

An average of 30% of victims reported their attack to police, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

ALCOHOL AND DRUGS

In about one out of three sexual assaults, the perpetrator was intoxicated-30% with alcohol, 4% with drugs. [Alcohol and Crime Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1998]

PERPETRATORS

In one study, 98% of males who raped boys reported that they were heterosexual. [Sexual Abuse of Boys, Journal of the American Medical Association, December 2, 1998]

PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT

61% of rapes/sexual assaults are not reported to the police.

•  If the rape is reported to police, there is a 50.8% chance that an arrest will be made.

•  If an arrest is made, there is an 80% chance of prosecution.

•  If there is a prosecution, there is a 58% chance of a felony conviction.

•  If there is a felony conviction, there is a 69% chance the convict will spend time in jail.

•  So, even in the 39% of attacks that are reported to police, there is only a 16.3% chance the rapist will end up in prison.

•  Factoring in unreported rapes, about 6% of rapists-1 out of 16- will ever spend a day in jail. 15 out of 16 will walk free.

 

[Probability statistics compiled by NCPA from US Department of Justice statistics. See www.ncpa.org/studies/s229/s229.html]

 

(compiled from RAINN, NCVS 2002 & UCR)