(also has ritual abuse definition below)
According to United States Department of Justice document Criminal Victimization in the United States, there were overall 191,670 victims of rape or sexual assault reported in 2005. [53] Only 16% of rapes and sexual assaults are reported to the police (Rape in America: A Report to the Nation. 1992). [54] 1 of 6 U.S. women has experienced an attempted or completed rape. [55] While researchers and prosecutors do not agree on the exact percentage of false allegations, they generally agree on a range of 2% - 8%. [62] The belief that false allegations of rape are a problem is common. Unfortunately, that belief can discourage victims from reporting for fear of being put on trial themselves:[63] 53 United States Department of Justice document,(table 26) _http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvusst.ht m_ (http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvusst.htm) 54 Sexual Assault Statistics _http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://sa.rochester.edu/masa/stats.php_ (http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://sa.rochester.edu/masa/stats.php) 55 Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault:Statistics _http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.ccasa.org/statistics.cfm_ (http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.ccasa.org/statistics.cfm) 62 DiCanio, M. (1993). The encyclopedia of violence : origins, attitudes, consequences. New York : Facts on File 63 SV Factsheet-Cleared _http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/images/SV%20Fa ctsheet.pdf_ (http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/images/SV%20Factsheet.pdf) from _http://wapedia.mobi/en/Rape?t=8_ (http://wapedia.mobi/en/Rape?t=8) . According to the 1999 United States National Crime Victimization Survey, only 39% of rapes and sexual assaults were reported to law enforcement officials. A 2007 government report in England says "Estimates from research suggest that between 75 and 95 per cent of rape crimes are never reported to the police. (Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Without consent: A report on the joint review of the investigation and prosecution of rape offences, January 2007 p.8 _http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/inspections/thematic/wc-thematic/ them07-wc.pdf?view=Binary_ (http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/inspections/thematic/wc-thematic/them07-wc.pdf?view=Binary) ) describes crimes Report of the Ritual Abuse Task Force - Los Angeles County Commission for Women - Ritual abuse is a brutal form of abuse of children, adolescents, and adults, consisting of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, and involving the use of rituals. Ritual does not necessarily mean satanic. However, most survivors state that they were ritually abused as part of satanic worship for the purpose of indoctrinating them into satanic beliefs and practices. Ritual abuse rarely consists of a single episode. It usually involves repeated abuse over an extended period of time. The physical abuse is severe, sometimes including torture and killing. The sexual abuse is usually painful, sadistic, and humiliating, intended as means of gaining dominance over the victim. The psychological abuse is devastating and involves the use of ritual/indoctrination, which includes mind control techniques and mind altering drugs, and ritual/intimidation which conveys to the victim a profound terror of the cult members and of the evil spirits they believe cult members can command. Both during and after the abuse, most victims are in a state of terror, mind control, and dissociation in which disclosure is exceedingly difficult. _http://www.geocities.com/kidhistory/ra.htm_ (http://www.geocities.com/kidhistory/ra.htm) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)
