Sex Offenses and Offenders: An Analysis of Data on Rape and Sexual Assault

摘要

This report draws on more than two dozen statistical datasets maintained by theBureau of Justice Statistics and the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the FBI to provide Program of the FBI to provide a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about the incidence and prevalence of violent victimization by sexual assault, the response of the justice system to such crimes, and the characteristics of those who prey on victims of all ages by committing sexual assault or rape. This report reinforces a striking observation in recent studies about crimes involving rape and sexual assault; in a high percentage of cases the victims are children. In self-reported victimization surveys of the public aged 12 and older, teenagers report the highest per capita rates of exposure to rape and sexual assault.