National Rape Statistics

Contents

1. Introduction

• Table - Comparison of sexual assault data collection methods

2. Official Criminal Justice Statistics

• Methodology
• Data
• Table - Offenses known to police in cities over 100,000 people in Arizona
• Critical Assessment

3. Victimization Surveys

• Methodology
• Data
• Table - Selected NCVS Statistics
• Critical Assessment

4. Perpetrator Surveys

• Methodology
• Data
• Table - Selected findings of perpetrator self-report surveys
• Critical Assessment

5. Surveys of Service Providers

• Methodology
• Data
• Table - 1994-95 Violent and Abusive Behavior Data for Arizona
• Critical Assessment

6. References

Introduction

Current government efforts at counting crime include official criminal justice statistics, victimization surveys, and surveys of service providers. Others have attempted to measure crime through self-report surveys. The advantages and disadvantages of each method of counting sexual assaults are summarized in Table 5 and detailed below.

Table - Comparison of sexual assault data collection methods

References

Greenfeld, Lawrence A. February 1997. Sex Offenses and Offenders: An Analysis of Data on Rape and Sexual Assault. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NCJ-163392.

Koss, Mary. 1992. The Measurement of Rape Victimization in Crime Surveys. Criminal Justice and Behavior 23 (1): 55-69.

Koss, Mary. 1992. The Underdetection of Rape: Methodological Choices Influence Incidence Estimates. Journal of Social Issues 48 (1): 61-75.

Koss, Mary. 1993. Detecting the Scope of Rape: A Review of Prevalence Research Methods. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 8 (2): 198-222.

Koss, Mary. August 15, 1997. Our Guys and Gals: Pre-Enlistment Sexual Assault Victimization and Perpetration Among Naval Recruits. Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.

Koss, Mary, and Dinero, T. E. 1987. Predictors of sexual aggression among a national sample of male college students. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 528: 133-147.

Maguire, Kathleen, and Ann L. Pastore. 1996. Sourcebook of Criminal and Justice Statistics 1995. U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Washington, D.C.: USGPO.

National Victim Center, and Crime Victim Research and Treatment Center. April 23, 1992. Rape in America: A Report to the Nation. National Victim Center.

United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics. June 1991. Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1989: A National Crime Survey Report. NCJ-129391.

Walker, William D., Rowe, Robert C., and Vernon L. Quinsey. 1993. Authoritarianism and Sexual Aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 65(5): 1036-1045.

Arizona Rape and Sexual Assault Surveillance Project
University of Arizona, University of Arizona Prevention Center
sexasslt@u.arizona.edu
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~sexasslt/
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