The 10 Shocking Sexual Violence Statistics

Sexual violence in any form, whether / Adam teasing a rape or assault or abuse or eve teasing perhaps the most serious crimes, which have been since the beginning of times across geographic boundaries. I tried to show how a society everyday, every hour, take a look at not embarrassing to where I live is facing a sexual assault, sexual assault of 10 shocking statistics.

1. Child Sexual Abuse

I often hear captivate the sexual exploitation of children in the survey. 19.7% of girls and 7.9 percent of boys experienced sexual abuse. Most of the victims or relatives or acquaintances of the victim. Kids highest prevalence rates of sexual abuse occurs in geographical Africa (34.4%). There needs to be done is the fact that parents / guardians should always be careful and have dialogues and discussions with their children engage. Gender and sexuality, as well as knowledge about sexual violence must be shared between them. Only then, will be in a position to discuss such sensitive topics openly with the child's parents.

2. Male Rape

The idea that men can not be raped is probably one of the biggest myths. 1 in 10 men are reported rapes. 1 3% -or about 33 American men - have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. The case is not confined to India alone, it's like every other part of the world.

3. Mental Trauma

Apart from the visible physical injuries, a victim undergoes countless mental trauma the incident. The victims after the incident are three times more likely to suffer from depression, six time more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and four times more likely to contemplate suicide. Undoubtedly, this heinous crime takes a toll on the victim.

4. Physical Injury

Various physical injuries include that the victim suffers from rape - 33% of victims suffered minor physical injuries including bruises and broken teeth marks. 5% of victims suffered gunshot wounds or broken bones as major injuries. 61% suffered injuries assessed. 55% of victims physician services, dental services by 17%, while 82% of victims of victims, use of hospital services. 19% of ambulatory victims / paramedic services use. 17% of victims of physical therapy services.

6. Victim’s Age & Race

In cases of sexual violence, regardless of how old women, face the same problem. Sex under 12 years of age or less than 15 percent of victims of violence. 29% of the victims are between 12-17 years. 44% of sexual assault victims are under the age of 18 years. 80 per cent of the victims are under the age of 30 years. The 18-34 age women had figures are the worst victims of such attacks. 5. The victim's race. In the US, 17.7% of the victims were white - Americans, 18.8% African American, 6.8 percent Asian / Pacific Islander, 34.1 American Indian / Alaska Native, 14.6 percent Hispanic and 24.4% mixed race women.

7. Reported & Unreported Rape Cases

The sad part of sexual violence crime is the fact that is very less reported, either out of fear or shame that the society brings upon the victim. Shockingly, only 15% of the rapes are reported, while 12% of the attempt-to-rape cases are reported. With this data, it can be realised that more than half of the rape cases in the world are not reported. Who is to blame – the administration, the judiciary or the society as a whole?

8. Countries With highest Rape Cases

All countries Lesotho with most rape cases (91.6 per 100,000), Trinidad and Tobago (58.4 per 100,000), Sweden (53.2 per 100,000), Korea (33.7 per 100,000), New Zealand (30.9 per 100,000), USA United States (to 28.6 per 100,000), Belgium (26.3 per 100,000), Zimbabwe (25.6 per 100,000) and the UK (23.2 per 100,000).

9. The Location

The place where the rape takes place is matter of factors that is taken under consideration in rape cases. In case of rape, 30.9% of the rape takes place in the perpetrator’s home, while 26.6% of the rape takes place in the victim’s home. 10.1% of the rape takes place in the perpetrator’s and victim’s shared home. A party or a vehicle serves as the location 7.2% each. The location is outdoor in 3.6% of the rape cases and bar in 2.2% of the rape cases.

10. The Perpetrator

Only 6% of rapists ever serve a day in prison. It may be mentioned out of all criminals or rape perpetrators in cases of rape, that share intimate relationship with the victim prior to the rape of the 23 percent. 3% are his own relatives murdered. 38% of rapists are either friends or acquaintance of the victim. Only 31 percent of rapists are strangers to the victim.