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A 1993 study performed by the American Association of University Women examined seventy-nine state schools in the United States and found that 9.6% of students reported sexual abuse by teachers in the school setting. [2] The victims of school sexual abuse are often "vulnerable or marginal students". [3]
A record high number of girls in high school have experienced sexual violence in the past year. New data from the CDC says in 2021, 1 in 5 (18%) of girls in grades nine through 12 grade ...
Statistics on rape and other acts of sexual assault are commonly available in industrialized countries, and have become better documented throughout the world.Inconsistent definitions of rape, different rates of reporting, recording, prosecution and conviction for rape can create controversial statistical disparities, and lead to accusations that many rape statistics are unreliable or misleading.
A March 2013 report from the United States Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics, from 1995 to 2010, the estimated annual rate of female rape or sexual assault had declined by 58%, from 5.0 victimizations per 1,000 females age 12 or older to 2.1 per 1,000.
[71] [72] In legal terms, sexual assault is a statutory offense in the United States, varying widely state-to-state. Outside the law, the term rape has a less distinguished meaning and is often used interchangeably with sexual assault. [73] [74] Most rape victims are in their teens or young twenties.
A North Texas federal court judge issued a preliminary injunction July 11 in response to an amended complaint from Texas challenging the new U.S. Education Department Title IX rules. The decision ...
A study published in 2024 shows that Texas held the highest rape-related pregnancies of all the states with total abortion bans. An estimated 26,000 became pregnant between July 2022 and January ...
Up to 40 years Sexual Assault in the Third Degree Wis. Stat. § 940.225(3) Up to 10 years Sexual Assault of a Child in the First Degree Wis. Stat. § 948.02 Vary [Note 29] Sexual Assault of a Child in the Second Degree Wis. Stat. § 948.02 Up to 40 years Sexual Assault of a Child Placed in Substitute Care Wis. Stat. § 948.085 Up to 40 years