Statistics about Sexual Assault
Who are the victims?
96.2% are female (Esteal,1993)
61.8% are assaulted before the age of 20 years old (Esteal,1993)
10% of women had been raped in their life (Haines,1985)
Who are the rapists?
97% are male (Finkelhor,1984;Shapcott,1988)
80% are known to the victim (Russell,1984;Esteal,1993)
Where does rape occur?
54%-62% of all rapes occur within the home (Auckland RCC,1981;Moran,1993)