Sexual Assault in Iowa
| Sexual Assault in Iowa: Statistics, 2008
Sexual Abuse in Iowa: Statistics, 2006 Compiled by the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault using the Iowa Crime Victim Assistance Division, Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Report; the 2005 Uniform Crime Report, Iowa Department of Public Safety; Iowa Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey, Iowa Department of Public Health.
(Statistics below are the most recent available as of April 7, 2008)
915 teenage and 866 child survivors of sexual abuse were served by Iowa sexual violence centers from July 1, 2005- June 30, 2006.
In 2006, there were 839 confirmed reports [to the Iowa department of Human Services] of child sexual abuse and 143 confirmed reports of a child living with a registered sex offender.
The age group of 13-17 year olds were reported the survivors of most often of forcible rape in 2005.
Among Iowans who have ever experienced sexual violence, most experienced sexual violence before the age 18.
Men and women who have ever experienced sexual violence were equally likely to have experienced sexual violence before the age of 18 (65.8% and 67.1% respectively).
Among women who experienced sexual violence before the age of 18, the perpetrator was most commonly a family member or friend, acquaintance, or a date. (The sample contained too few male victims of sexual violence to analyze separately.)
Among Iowans who have ever experienced sexual violence, women were far more likely then men to have experienced sexual violence after the age of 18 (51.6% versus 36.2% respectively).
When assessing the relationship of the perpetrator to the victim, 30% of the time the perpetrator is an acquaintance compared to strangers (15%) and relative (1.5%).
As of April 1, 2008, there are a total of 5,499 individuals registered with the Iowa Sex Offender Registry. There are 1089 out of state registrants and 725 incarcerated registrants.
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