Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Rape Victimization

Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey

By: Gonzales AR, Schofield RB & Schmitt GR
Published by: US Department of Justice, 2006
Via: ResourceShelf's DocuTicker

"Although the word rape is gender neutral, most rape victims are female (almost 86 percent), and most rapists are male. Female victims are significantly more likely than male victims to be raped by a current or former intimate partner and to sustain an injury during a rape. Many rape victims suffer serious mental health consequences. Only one in five adult women report their rape to the police. About half of the women raped as adults who had contact with police and about half who had contact with the courts were satisfied with their treatment."