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KAWARTHA
SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRE
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411
Water Street, Suite 102
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Peterborough,
Ontario K9H 3L9
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Business
Line (705) 748- 5901 Fax: (705) 741- 0405
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Office
Hours Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m
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SEXUAL
ASSAULT FACTS AND INFORMATION
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Sexual assault happens to 1 in 4 Canadian women at some point in their lives. | |||||||||||||
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About 69% of sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the victim. | |||||||||||||
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49% of sexual assaults occur in broad daylight. | |||||||||||||
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80% of sexual assaults occur in the home. | |||||||||||||
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50 %of offenders are married or living common law, have children and are considered responsible members of the community. | |||||||||||||
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Injury occurs in approximately 11 % of sexual assaults. | |||||||||||||
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Only 6 % of all sexual assaults are reported to police. | |||||||||||||
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In Canada, in 1998, 82.6% of victims in reported cases of sexual assault were women; 98% of the accused were men. | |||||||||||||
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In 70% of the reported cases of sexual assault, the victim knew the accused; 62% of the victims were under the age of 18. | |||||||||||||
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1 out of every 3 female children, and 1 out of every 5 male children in Canada will be sexually abused before they reach adulthood. | |||||||||||||
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Children with disabilities are 10 time more vulnerable to sexual abuse than non-disabled children. |
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According to the Committee on Sexual Offenses Against Children and Youth (commonly known as The Badgley Committee) 98% of abusers are male and most victims are female. |
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Many survivors, estimates are as high as 50%, do not remember the abuse until years after it has occurred. Usually something in adulthood will trigger the memory. Some are never able to clearly recall the abuse. |
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A recent Canadian survey (1991) of women serving federal sentences in penitentiaries notes that 53% of the women incarcerated stated that they had been sexually abused at some stage in their lives, most commonly during childhood or adolescence. |
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Numerous studies have been discussed about the direct relationship between child sexual abuse and adolescent/adult prostitution. The estimate range from 76 to 90% of Sex Trade Workers having a history of child sexual abuse, the most common form being incest (the sexual abuse of a child by a family member). |
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16% of all Canadian women (1.7 million) have been involved in at least one incident of sexual or physical assault by a date or boyfriend since the age of 16. |
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Half of all women who reported an incident of dating violence were between the ages of 18-34. |
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24% of women 18-24 years had been sexually and/or physically assaulted by a date or boyfriend. This figure is 50% higher than the national figure or 16%. |
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For single women 25-34 years of age, most of who have been dating for longer periods of time, the percentage ever assaulted by a date is 29%. |
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35% of girls and 16% of boys between grades 7-12 had been sexually and/or physically abused. |
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Among girls surveyed, 17 year olds experienced the highest rate of sexual abuse at 20%. |
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Legally, there is no longer such a thing as rape. Rape is now referred to as sexual assault. |
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Males and females can now be charged with sexual assault. |
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Spouses can now be charged with sexual assault. |
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Sexual Assault Centre 2001 - 2004 All rights reserved
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