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Sexual Assault on Campuses Washington State Statistics  General Statistics     

STATISTICS

    
20-25% of college-aged women will be victims of sexual assault at some point during their college career. (1)

Sexual Assault on College Campuses

  
College females assaulted each year:
35 out of 1000 (2.8%)
 % of college females that knew their assailants:
 90
 % of college females that reported the incident to law enforcement:            
  5                               
 To access Gonzaga Statistics, please click here.                                      (2)

In a survey of more than 6,000 students at 32 colleges and universities in the U.S. (3),
it was found that: 
  • One in four women had been victims of rape or attempted rape; (not specifically raped in college)
    84% of rape victims knew their attacker;
  • 57% of the rapes happened on dates;
  • Only 27% of the women considered themselves to be victims of rape, although their assaults met the legal definition of rape;
  • 42% of the rape victims told no one of the assault, and only 5% reported it to the police.
  • Whether they acknowledged their experience as rape or not, 30% or the women identified as rape victims (by the legal definition) contemplated suicide after the incident.
  • 82% of the victims said that the experience had permanently changed them.
  • One in twelve male students surveyed had committed acts that met the legal definitions of rape or attempted rape.
  • 84% of those men who committed rape said that what they did was definitely not rape.
  • 16% of the male students who committed rape and 10% of those who attempted a rape took part in episodes involving more than one attacker.

Washington State Statistics
  • More than one third of women in Washington State have been sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
  • Almost one fifth of these women have been victimized on different occasions by different offenders.
  • 90% of women who were the victims of sexual assault did not seek medical assistance, and only one third sought counseling.
  • Women who were sexually assaulted were 6 times more likely to be diagnosed with PTSD, and 3 times more likely to suffer from a Depressive Episode.
  • In 2004 Community Sexual Assault Programs served 10,000 primary victim of sexual assault, and 5,000 secondary victims of sexual assault in Washington (4).  (5)


General Statistics about Sexual Assault

In 2005, there were 191,670 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assaults according to the 2005 National Crime Victimization Survey (PDF, 287KB). Of the average annual 200,780 victims in 2004-2005, about 64,080 were victims of completed rape, 51,500 were victims of attempted rape, and 85,210 were victims of sexual assault.
Because of the methodology of the National Crime Victimization Survey, these figures do not include victims 12 or younger. While there are no reliable annual surveys of sexual assaults on children, (PDF, 37KB) the Justice Department has estimated that one of six victims are under age 12.
Perpetrator's relationship to victim   It's Not Always a Stranger Hiding in the Bushes

Contrary to the belief that rapists are hiding in the bushes or in the shadows of the parking garage, almost two-thirds of all rapes were committed by someone who is known to the victim. 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger — 38% of perpetrators were a friend or acquaintance of the victim, 28% were an intimate and 7% were another relative.
National Crime Victimization Survey, 2005

Statistics and Chart as quoted in: Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN). Statistics. Retrieved August 15, 2007, from http://www.rainn.org/statistics/index.html.


 

Sources
  1. Bohmer, C. & Parrot, A. (1993). Sexual Assault on Campus. Lexington Books: New York.
  2. Warshaw, R. (1994). I Never Called it Rape: The MS. Report non Recognizing, Fighting and Surviving Date or Acquaintance Rape. New York: Haper Perennial.
  3. U.S. Department of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics.(2000). The Sexual Victimization of College Women. Washington, DC: Office of Justice Program.
  4. Office of Crime Victims Advocacy. (2004).Retrieved on August 15 from http://www.wcsap.org/resources/PDF/WAStateRapeStatistics.pdf.
  5. Berliner, L., Fine, D., & Moore, D. (2001). Sexual assault experiences and perceptions of community response to sexual assault: A survey of Washington state women. Office of Crime Victims Advocacy. As quoted in: Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs web page. Retrieved on August 15 from http://www.wcsap.org/resources/PDF/WAStateRapeStatistics.pdf.


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