| * 1 in 6 boys is sexually abused before the age of 18. * 1 in 4 girls is sexually abused before the age of 18. * 1 in 5 children are solicited sexually while on the internet. * Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults (including assaults on adults) occur to children ages 17 and under. * An estimated 39 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse exist in America today. * 30-40% of victims are abused by a family member. * Another 50% are abused by someone outside of the family whom they know and trust. * Approximately 40% are abused by older or larger children whom they know. * Therefore, only 10% are abused by strangers. * The median age for reported abuse is 9 years old. * More than 20% of children are sexually abused before the age of 8. * Nearly 50% of all victims of forcible sodomy, sexual assault with an object, and forcible fondling are children under 12. |
| Crime * Adolescents who suffer violent victimization are at risk for being victims or perpetrators of felony assault, domestic violence, and property offense as adults. * Nearly 50% of women in prison state that they were abused as children. * Over 75% of serial rapists report they were sexually abused as youngsters. Most perpetrators have more than one victim * Nearly 70% of child sex offenders have between 1 and 9 victims; at least 20% have 10 to 40 victims. * An average serial child molester may have as many as 400 victims in his lifetime. _______________________________________ A pedophile is a preferential child molester, an adult with a sexual preference for children. A situational child molester may not have a sexual preference for children, but may have sex with a child because of availability, the molester’s inadequacy or other reasons. More Disturbing Statistics |