Facts About Sexual Assault in North Dakota
January-December 2007
- 850 primary victims and 694 secondary victims were served by
18 sexual assault crisis centers throughout North Dakota.
- At least 353(42%) of primary victims were under the age of 18 years
old at the time of the assault/s.
- At least 758 (89%) of the victims were female.
- At least 800 (94%) of the assailants were male.
- At least 10 (1%) of the assailants were female.
- 71% of the crimes were reported to law enforcement.
- At least 44% of adult victims contacted a sexual assault
center about the crime within 2 days of the assault. 23%
of adult victims contacted a sexual assault center within
3-30 days after the assault.
- At least 85% (720) of the cases were male assailant/female victim.
- At least 9% (80) of the cases were male assailant/male victim.
- At least 68% of the adult assaults were rape, 5% attempted
rape, and 27% were sexual contact other than rape or attempted
rape.
- In adult cases 12% of the assailants were strangers. In
child cases 2% of the assailants were strangers.
- In at least 40% of all cases the assailant was a friend/acquaintance/date
of the victim.
- At least 26% of all cases were incest or indicated a history of incest.
In at least 9% of adult sexual assault cases reported, the victim also experienced
sexual abuse/incest as a child.
- At least 8,464 services to primary victims were provided by crisis center
advocates from January to December of 2007.
- At least 47% of the assaults occurred in the victim’s or assailant’s
home.
- At least 33% of the victims were referred to sexual assault service
providers by themselves, friends, or family members.
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