1.Low estimate of the number of women , according to the Department of Justice, raped every year: 300,000
2.High estimate of the number of women raped, according to the CDC: 1.3 million
3.Percentage of rapes not reported: 54 percent
4.A woman’s chance of being raped in the U.S.: 1 in 5
5.Chances that a raped woman conceives compared to one engaging in consensual sex: at least two times as likely
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Self Defense Tip of the Day
Rape Is Grossly Underreported In The U.S., Study Finds
Rape has been widely underreported in America, according to a new panel study by the National Research Council.
After comparing several official methods for counting rape and sexual assault, the panel discovered major inconsistencies in national data.
The focal point of the study was the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) — an annual crime report conducted through household surveys by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Justice Statistics — which counted 188,380 victims of rape and sexual assault in 2010. Another data source, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, counted nearly 1.3 million incidents that same year. Data from the FBI, which gathers its statistics on rape or attempted rape reported as a crime by local law enforcement, counted only 85,593 in 2010.