Honest,

Follow the link-----

http://tinyurl.com/o9xhzol

It states, "A study of sexual victimization of college women showed that 9 out of 10 victims knew the person who sexually victimized them."

That bit of information was taken from this source-----[1], [7] Fisher, B.S., F.T. Cullen, and M.G. Turner. ""The Sexual Victimization of College Women."" Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Institute of Justice, 2000, NCJ 182369.

If you need any more sources, holler at me.

Hope this helps.

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Honest,

Here is another good source.

David Finkelhor is a well respected professor and sociologist.

http://tinyurl.com/pydhszb

Under the first heading "Abstract" read the second paragraph, starting with the second sentence. It states, "Most sexual abuse is committed by men (90%) and by persons known to the child (70% to 90%), with family members constituting one-third to one-half the perpetrators against girls and 10% to 20% of the perpetrators against boys.

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Thanks so much, Rew. Your second post is very worthwhile. Here's the entire abstract:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7804768
Finkelhor, David. Current information on the scope and nature of child sexual abuse. The Future of Children. 1994 Summer-Fall;4(2):31-53.

Abstract:
Approximately 150,000 confirmed cases of child sexual abuse were reported to child welfare authorities in the United States during 1993. This number represents about 15% of the more than one million confirmed cases of all child abuse and neglect. But the true scope of this problem is better reflected in retrospective surveys of adults, and this article summarizes data from 19 of these surveys. Considerable evidence exists to show that at least 20% of American women and 5% to 10% of American men experienced some form of sexual abuse as children. The rates are somewhat lower among people born before World War II, but there is little evidence of a dramatic increase for recent generations. The studies provide little evidence that race or socioeconomic circumstances are major risk factors. They do show elevated risk for children who experienced parental inadequacy, unavailability, conflict, harsh punishment, and emotional deprivation. Adult retrospective studies are also good sources of information about the characteristics of abuse. Most sexual abuse is committed by men (90%) and by persons known to the child (70% to 90%), with family members constituting one-third to one-half of the perpetrators against girls and 10% to 20% of the perpetrators against boys. Family members constitute a higher percentage of the perpetrators in child protective agency cases because the mandate of these agencies generally precludes their involvement in extrafamily abuse. Around 20% to 25% of child sexual abuse cases involve penetration or oral-genital contact. The peak age of vulnerability is between 7 and 13. Studies of the criminal justice processing of sexual abusers suggest that, compared with other violent criminals, slightly fewer are prosecuted, but of those prosecuted, slightly more are convicted. Studies conducted in the 1980s also showed that, once convicted, relatively few sexual abusers receive sentences longer than one year, while 32% to 46% serve no jail time. Overall, there is little evidence to suggest that either the child welfare system or the criminal justice system abandons its usual standards of operation and acts hysterically when confronted with sexual abuse.

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Obviously, that last sentence was written over two decades ago.

You can visit sites like RAINN, Stop It Now, Darkness to Light, DoSomething.org, and other victim advocate groups who's aim is to educate and prevent sexual abuse.

Thanks, ThoughtAsWeak. I'll check out those sites.

http://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/publications_nsvrc_factsheet_media-packet_statistics-about-sexual-violence_0.pdf

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/saycrle.pdf

The bureau of Justice statistics is the source everyone is getting their data from, so that should be a good one. Also try the national crime victimization survey.

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/saycrle.pdf

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/196467.pdf

The NCJRS study found In 1999:

An estimated 58,200 children were abducted by a nonfam- ily perpetrator in the study year, including an estimated 115 victims of stereotypical kidnappings.

Stereotypical kidnapped is what you see on television, but wait the study goes further. Less than half of the 115 were sexually abused. We are talking a truly small number of people who were kidnapped and sexually abused. Not saying that those 57 children are not important, but in that year 800,000 kids went missing. We are basing our entire philosophy on sex offenders and missing children around the worst of the worst cases. That would be fine with me if you only held the same percentage wise amount of sex offenders liable to the rules meant to stop the worst of the worst. These studies show how far fear and hysteria go in developing and shaping our public policy.