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Kistner
President of M.A.A.R. |
E.
Tyler Felix
Vice President of M.A.A.R. |
Henry Chan
Publicity Chair | Sam
Hardie
Ex-Officio |
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- In a U.S.
Department of Justice
study, in 3 out of 4 sexual assaults, the victim knew their attacker
(1).
- Teens 16 to 19 are
three and
one-half
times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape,
attempted rape, or sexual assault (2).
- 99 out of 100 rapists are male (3).
- Only 2% of rapists are convicted
and imprisoned (4).
- In
the State of California, there
is one
forcible rape every 54 minutes????, and there is one forcible rape
every 6 minutes in the U.S. (6).
- Around
the world at least 1 woman
in every 3 has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in
her lifetime (7).
1. Greenfeld, Lawrence A., 1997. Sexual Offenses and Offenders: An
Analysis of Data on Rape and Sexual Assault. Washington D.C.: Bureau of
Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of
Justice.
2. National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics,
U.S. Department of Justice, 1996.
3. Greenfeld, 1997: 2, 10
4. U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee: Conviction and Imprisonment
Statistics, 1993.
5. California Department of Justice. 2000. Crime and Delinquency in
California 2000. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Justice,
Division of Criminal Justice Information Systems.
6. Federal Bureau of Investigations. 2000. Uniform Crime Reports for
the United States 2000. Washington, D.C.; Federal Bureau of
Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice.
7. Population Information Program. Population Reports: Ending Violence
Against Women. 2000. Population Information Program, Center for
Communications Programs. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and
Center for Healthcare Gender Equity. |
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