NCJ Number
97048
Date Published
1984
Length
18 pages
Annotation
Data on sexual assaults in Wisconsin for January through June 1984 are presented in the following sections: victim age and sex, offender age and sex, relationship between offender and victim, location of assaults, use of weapons and victim injuries, and degree of assault.
Abstract
The average offender is 27 years old, and 72 percent of all sexual assault victims are juveniles; over half the victims are 14 years old or younger. In cases in which the victim is 12 years old or younger, over one-third of offenders are family members. The victim's home is the most common location for sexual assaults, and the most common assailant in the victim's home is a family member. First-degree assaults make up 47 percent of all sexual assaults; second-degree, 39 percent; and fourth-degree, 13 percent. Finally, some form of injury occurs in 15 percent of all assaults. Five graphs, five tables, and two appendixes are included.