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Email: info@achefoundation.com
Headquarters: PO Box 5923, La Quinta, CA 92248
For more information about the ACHE Foundation and its outreach programs
for school, youth and athletic groups, please contact the Director of Communications
at info@achefoundation.com.
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Miscellaneous Statistics:
- Every two minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted.(6)
- More than half of sexual assaults go unreported. (6)
- Nearly 70% of child sex offenders have between 1 and 9 victims; at least
20% have 10 to 40 victims. (4)
- An average serial child molester may have as many as 400 victims in his lifetime. (5)
- An estimated 39 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse exist in America today. (1)
- Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults (including assaults on adults)
occur to children ages 17 and under. (3)
- In 2006, there were 272,350 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assaults
according to the 2006
National Crime Victimization Survey (PDF, 235KB).
- Like rape, child molestation is one of the most under reported crimes: only
1-10% are ever disclosed. (2)
- Sixty-seven percent of all victims of sexual
assault reported to law enforcement agencies were juveniles (under the age
of 18); 34% of all victims were under age 12. (http://www.cpiu.us/statistics.php)
References:
- Abel, G., Becker, J., Mittelman , M., Cunningham-
Rathner, J., Rouleau, J., & Murphy,
W. (1987). Self reported sex crimes on non-incarcerated paraphiliacs. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2(1), 3-25.
- FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin.
- Snyder, H N. (2000). Sexual assault of young children as reported
to law enforcement: Victim, incident, and offender characteristics.
National Center for Juvenile Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.
- Elliott, M., Browne, K., & Kilcoyne, J. (1995). Child sexual abuse prevention: What offenders tell us. Child Abuse & Neglect, 5, 579-594.
- Darkness to Light: http://www.darkness2light.org/KnowAbout/statistics_2.asp
- Rape & Incest National Network (RAINN): http://www.rainn.org/
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