- Nationally, one in four college women surveyed are victims of rape
or attempted rape.
- One in nine college men are victims of rape or attempted rape.
- Only 27% of the women whose sexual assault met the legal definition
of rape thought of themselves as rape victims.
- Eighty-five percent of rapes on campus are acquaintance rapes. Fifty-seven
percent of these occur on dates.
- Forty-two percent of college women who are raped tell no one about
their assault.
- Alcohol is a factor in 100% of gang rapes.
- In seventy-five percent of the sexual assaults, either the victim,
the assailant, or both were using and/or abusing alcohol or other drugs.
- Five percent of the rape victims report the rape to the police.
- The majority of reported victims and offenders are of college age,
with the rape victimization highest among 16-19 year olds.
- The risk of rape is four times higher for those aged 16 to 24 than
for any other age group.
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