Staggering

ONE OUT OF EVERY SIX American women has been the victim of an attempted or a completed rape in her lifetime, adding up to 17.7 million people.

Sixty-six perfect of rape victims know their assailant. Forty-eight percent are raped by a friend.

Twenty perfect of rapes take place at the home of a friend, neighbor, or relative.

More than half occur within a mile of the victim's home.

Eighty percent of rape victims are under age thirty. Girls between ages sixteen and nineteen are four times more likely than the general population to be victims of sexual assault.

Sixty-one percent of rapes are not reported to the police. If a rape is reported, there's a 50.8 percent chance that an arrest will be made. If an arrest is made, there's an 80 percent chance of prosecution. If there's a prosecution, there's a 58 percent chance of felony conviction. If there's a felony conviction, there's a 69 percent chance that the rapist will actually spend time in jail. Of the 39 percent of rapes that are ported to the police, then there's only a 16.3 percent chance that the rapist will wind up in prison. If you factor in all the unreported rapes, 94 percent of rapists walk free.