RAPE

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RAPE

• BY
• Korisa Kessinger Joaquin Gomez

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WHAT IS RAPE?

• Rape is when a man or women, boy or girl has
  sexual intercourse with someone that is against
  one of the persons will.

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STATISTICS

• An estimated 683,000 adult women are raped each
  year.
• Every minute in the U.S., there are 1.3 forcible
  rapes of adult women.
• 78 women are raped each hour.
• Up to 85 of rapes go unreported.
• 29 of all forcible rapes in America occurred
  when the victim was less than 11-years-old.
• 61 of all rapes occurred before the victim
  reached 18.
• Approximately 75 of rapes are committed by
  someone the victim knows.

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MORE STATISTICS

• Of the cases of forcible rape reported in 1993,
  only 53 led to the arrest of the alleged
  perpetrator.
• There were approximately 30,000 sexual assaults
  of males, ages 12 and over, in the U.S. in 1993.
• 98 of rapists are men.  66 of rapists are
  White, 30 are Black and 4 are other races.
• The rate of recidivism among recently released
  sex offenders from a psychiatric prison was
  approximately 76.
• The average sentence for a rapist is 17 years in
  prison, the actual time served is approximately 8
  years.
• Out of 1.8 million severe assaults against women
  in 1991, 45,000 of them were marital rapes.

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IMPACT

• Family will be frightened that it might happen
  again.
• No matter what you will have to live with it, you
  will feel like you had done something wrong
• Might not want to be around people as much.
• Scared to go places alone.
• Scared to be alone

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PREVENTION IDEAS

• Dont go out to places at night or day alone.
• Lock all doors and windows inside your home.
• Try and be with groups of people as much as
  possible.
• Be in public places that have a lot of people.
• (Malls, Movies and other large environments)

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What rapist look for . . . .

• Hair style ponytail, bun, braid, or other hair
  style easily to be grabbed.
• Women with long hair.(Short hair is not common.)
• Clothing. (That looks easy to take off. Some
  rapist carry scissors with them.)
• Women on cell phones or something that makes them
  busy when they are walking, then the rapist can
  catch them off guard and overpower the women.
• Time of day. ( More likely to be in the morning
  between 500 and 830 am.)
• Places most likely to be attacked Grocery store
  parking lots, business parking lots/ garages, and
  public restrooms.

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PLACES TO GET HELP!

• THERAPY
• FAMILY
• FRIENDS
• DOCTORS
• SCHOOL TEACHERS
• COUNCILORS

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http//www.rapecrisis.co.uk/support3.htm
• http//www.rape101.com/handouts/rape_facts_ii.htm
• HOTLINECrime Victims Assistance (503)
  378-5348 Crisis Information Hotline
  [phone] Crisis
  Hotline [phone] Mens
  Resource Center [phone]
  Women's Crisis Services [phone]