Reporting Rates

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Reporting Rates

Sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes, with 60% still being left unreported.

Males are the least likely to report a sexual assault, though they make up about 10% of all victims.

What happens to Rapists When They are Caught and Prosecuted?

60% of rapes/sexual assaults are not reported to the police. Those rapists, of course, never spend a day in prison according to a statistical average of the past 5 years. Factoring in unreported rapes, only about 6% of rapists ever serve a day in jail.

Convictions


References
  1. U.S. Department of Justice.2005 National Crime Victimization Study. 2005.
  2. National Center for Policy Analysis.

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