In 2018, over half (52%) of the criminal human trafficking cases in the US were sex trafficking cases involving children under 18.
Source | 2018 Federal Human Trafficking Report. The Human Trafficking Institute.
In a study of elderly female sexual abuse victims, 81% of abuse was perpetrated by the victim’s primary caregiver. 78% was perpetrated by family members, of whom 39% were sons.
In college, 34.4% of students experienced nonconsensual sexual contact and about 30% reported rape.
Source | Minow and Einolf (2009)
In the US, one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old.
Source | Finkelhor, D., Hotaling, G., Lewis, I. A., & Smith, C. (1990). Sexual abuse in a national survey of adult men and women: Prevalence, characteristics and risk factors. Child Abuse & Neglect 14, 19-28. doi:10.1016/0145-2134(90)90077-7
American Indian and Alaska Native children experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at the same rate as veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Source | Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence: Ending Violence so Children Can Thrive
NOVEMBER 2014
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Indigenous women are nearly three times more likely to experience sexual assault than any other ethnic group in the U.S.
Source | Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center
Individuals ages 18 to 25 have a higher risk of sexual assault when compared to the general incarcerated population.
Source | Jenness, V., Maxson, C. L., Matsuda, K. N., Sumner, J. M. (2007). Violence in California correctional facilities: An empirical examination of sexual assault. Irvine: University of California, Irvine.
It is nearly 5 times more likely for Black women who have experienced sexual violence to test positive for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) at the 12 month follow-up compared to those who don’t identify as survivors of sexual violence.
Source | "Wingood, G. M., Seth, P., DiClemente, R. J., & Robinson, L. S. (2009). Association of sexual abuse with incident high-risk human papillomavirus infection among young African-American women. Sexually Transmitted Disease, 36, 784- 786. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181b3567e "
More than 1 in 5 women in the military reported experiencing rape (22.6%), and 50.9% of women and 6.7% of men reported experiencing sexual assault.
Source |
Lee Martin, MA, Leora N. Rosen, PhD, Doris Briley Durand, PhD, Robert H. Stretch, USAR, Kathryn H. Knudson, USA, Prevalence and Timing of Sexual Assaults in a Sample of Male and Female U.S. Army Soldiers, Military Medicine, Volume 163, Issue 4, April 1998, Pages 213–216
More than one third of women who report being raped before age 18 also experience rape as an adult.
Source |
Black, M. C., Basile, K. C., Breiding, M. J., Smith, S .G., Walters, M. L., Merrick, M. T., Stevens, M. R. (2011). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 summary report. Retrieved from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Nearly 15% of Black women who were enrolled in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) reported being raped.
Nearly 30% of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border experience sexual violence, psychological violence, sexual coercion, and/or kidnapping.
Source | Leyva-Flores, R., Infante, C., Gutierrez, J. P., Quintino-Perez, F., Gómez-Saldivar, M., & Torres-Robles, C. (2019). Migrants in transit through mexico to the US: Experiences with violence and related factors, 2009-2015. PloS One, 14(8), e0220775. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220775
