Rape. Rape is a crime of sexual violence that cuases long term emotional devastion in its victims. In 2001, nine out of every ten rape victims were female. In 2001, there were 249,000 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault. Of these 249,000, there were 102,000 victims of sexual assault, 63,000 were victims of attempted rape, and 84,000 were the victims of complete rape. One in two victims are under the age of eighteen. Rape is a community issue, and it is never the victims' fault. Rape is a bigger problem than anyone could have imagined, and has many affects and can actually destroy the life of its victims.
             There are different types of rape, aquaintance and stranger rape. Aquaintance rape is rape by someone the victim knows and comprises eighty-four percent of total rapes. Fifty-seven percent of rapes take place during a date and fourty-three percent involve two or more perpetrators. Women who fight back and fight back immediately are less likely to be raped than women who did not. People are five times more likely to be raped by someone they know than a stranger. Stranger rape is estimated to make up twenty to fifty percent of rapes each year. Incest is also a form of rape, which is when a relative rapes a person. Once a person says no, then it becomes a rape case.
             Rape is the most unreported crime. It has been estimated that ninety percent of all rapes go unreported because of legal procedures and the painful hospital exams. Women fear rape more than any other offense including murder, assault, and robbery, and they report levels of fear three times higher than mens. In Colorado, it was estimated that 11,440 sexual assaults took place, however onlyone sixth of them about 1,800 were reported to police. Rape is also the most unreported crime because rape victims do not always thinkg of it as being rape, especially if it is acuaintance rape. In 2001, only thirty-nine percent of rapes and sexual assaults w...