Sexual Violence

Three in four women (76 percent) who reported that they had been raped and/or physically assaulted since age 18 said that a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, or date had committed the assault. (U.S. Department of Justice, Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, November 1998)

13% of college women indicated that they had been forced to have sex in a dating situation. (Johnson, I.; Sigler, R.; Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Forced Sexual Intercourse Among Intimates, 2000)

Seven in ten rape and sexual assault victims knew their attacker prior to the assault. (Rennison, Callie M. Criminal Victimization 1999: Changes 1998-00 with Trends 1993-99. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, August 2000)

Seven percent of girls in grades five to eight and twelve percent of girls in grades nine through twelve said they had been sexually abused. (Commonwealth Fund Survey of the Health of Adolescent Girls, 1998)

Approximately 66% of rape victims know their assailant. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey, 2002)

In 2001, 41,740 women were victims of rape/sexual assault committed by an intimate partner. (Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, February 2003)