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Share and Post: Egregious Truths

Sources Cited

1:

“1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been the victim of severe intimate partner violence.”

Source

: U.S. Department of Justice,

Crime in the United States, 2010

. Federal

Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reports, Washington, DC: 2011.

2:

“Each

minute, there are 24 victims of rape, physical violence or stalking.

”

Source

: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

National Intimate Partner

and Sexual Violence Survey

: 2010.

3:

“73% of rapes are perpetrated by a non

-stranger.

”

Source

: U.S. Department of Justice,

2005 National Crime Victimization Study

:

2005.

4.

“34% of Native American women will be raped, which is twice the national average of

all female

rapes (18.2%).

”

Source

: Na

tiona

l Institute

of Justice

and Centers for Disease

Control &

Prevention,

Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence

Against

Women Survey

:

2000

.

5.

“Only 32% of sexual ass

aults are reported

to the police.

”

Source

: U.S. Department of Justice,

National Crime Victimization Survey

: 2008-

2012

6.

“

Nearly 1 out of 10 women has been raped by an intimate partner.

”

Source

:

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control: Division of Violence

Prevention, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010

.