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THE
PROBLEM:
DID YOU KNOW?
· The
rate of pregnancy among girls who have been sexually abused is significantly
higher than that of non-victims. In a survey 66% of all pregnant
adolescents reported being sexually
abused.1
· 66%
of all prostitutes were sexually abused as
children.2
· Over
1/3 of all sexual assaults involved a victim who was under the age of 12.3
References:
1 Boyer, Debra, and David Fine. Sexual Abuse as a Factor in Adolescent Pregnancy
and Child Maltreatment. 24 Family Planning Perspectives (Jan. 1992), 2 Silbert,
M. Compounding Factors in the Rape of Street Prostitutes, cited in Wolbert-Burgess,
A. Rape and Sexual Assault II. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York, 1988, p. 77,
3 Bureau of Justice Statistics. U.S. Department of Justice. 2000. Sexual Assault
of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender
Characteristics and 4 Russell, Diana E.H. 1988. The Incidence and Prevalence of
Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse of Female Children. In Handbook on
Sexual Abuse of Children, ed., Lenore E.A. Walker. Springer Publishing Co.
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