Statistics on Rape from different sources.

Some Statistics on Rape

Definition of Rape-

5-14-103 Rape

A) A person commits rape if he engages in sexual intercourse or deviate

sexual activity with another person:

	1) by forcible compulsion : or
	(forcible compulsion includes oral, vaginal,anal or with any object.)

2) who is incapable of consent because he is

physically helpless: or

3) Who is less than fourteen (14) years of age.

It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under

this subdivision that the actor was not more than

two (2) years older than the victim.

B) Rape is a Class Y Felony

1 in 3 women will be raped in her lifetime.

1 in 6 men will be raped in his lifetime, not including

prisons.{Approximately under 1%of all rapes upon males are

reported. }

Rape is most often committed by people known to the

survivor: friends, aquaintances, family members.

It most often occurs at home, at a friend's home, or in a car.

3 out of 5 rapists are married or have willing sex partners:

Rape is not about sex,

or hormones.

It is about

control,

power,

violence,

domination,

humiliation.

Approximately 3 women are raped EVERY DAY in Arkansas.

(according to the # of rapes reported by ACIC)

1/3 of all rapes happen to persons under the age of 18.

If she or he says "no", then it is rape, whether rape was intended or not.