Sexual Assault

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0cd285a1erlcgo.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Alice Paul House</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="default.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alice Paul House"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><U>Mission</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crime Victim Services"><U>Crime Victim Services</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Domestic Violence"><U>Domestic Violence</U></A>   |   <B>Sexual Assault </B>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Volunteers"><U>Volunteers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Definitions"><U>Definitions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="0ccd2c00dkelyh.gif"> <div> <B>Internet Victimization</B></div> <div> * One in thirty-three youths received an aggressive sexual       solicitation.</div> <bR> <div> * One in four youths     experienced unwanted   exposure to pictures of naked people or people having sex.</div> <bR> <div> * One in seventeen youths were            threatened or harassed.</div> <bR> <div> * 70% of the solicitations or incidents occurred while the                adolescents were on home computers.</div> <bR> <div> * 65% of the solicitations or incidents occurred  while in chat rooms;    24% came from instant messages.</div> <bR> <div> * The most vulnerable    population to online    victimization is teenagers.</div> <bR> <div> * Many youth do not tell anyone of  the  victimizations.</div> <bR> <div> * Youth and their parents do not         report sexual solicitations as they do not know where to report them.</div> <bR> <div> report incidents to:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cybertipline.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cybertipline.com"><U>www.cybertipline.com</U></A> </div> <div> or call: 1-800-843-5678</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Sexual Assault </I></div> <div> <I><B>Fact Sheet</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Adult Sexual Assault</B></div> <div> <B>(Pennsylvania)</B></div> <bR> <div> The total number of reported sexual crimes increased to 383,000 in 1999, up 50,000 from 1998's 333,000 total assaults reported.</div> <bR> <div> The number of reported rapes increased by 20%, while the number of attempted rapes declined by 25%.</div> <bR> <div> Women are 7.5 times more likely to be victims of sexual assault than men.</div> <bR> <div> In 1999, 54% of all violent crime victims knew their attackers; almost 70% of all rape and sexual assault victims knew their offenders as acquaintances, friends, relatives, or intimate partners.</div> <bR> <div> Only 28% of rape and sexual assault victimizations were reported to police in 1999 while other violent crimes involving robberies were reported at a rate of 61%; aggravated assaults were reported at 55%; and simple assaults were reported at 38.5%.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Child Sexual Assault</B></div> <div> <B>(Pennsylvania)</B></div> <bR> <div> In one-third of all sexual assaults reported to law enforcement, the victims were younger than 12 years old.</div> <bR> <div> With respect to the sexual assault of males, 8% were between the ages of 12-17 and 26% were under the age of 12.</div> <bR> <div> For victims under age 12, the offenders were family members in 47% of assaults,  acquaintances in 49% of assaults, and strangers in 4% of assaults.</div> <bR> <div> Young juveniles (under the age of 12) are most likely to be sexually assaulted by persons under the age of 18; older juveniles are most likely to be assaulted by young adults.</div> <bR> <div> The incidence of sexual abuse was almost three times greater among females than males.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>