Show i t Rape the violent misunderstood crime Linda inda Nich Nichols Rape according to Ms Christine Waters Director of the Rape C Crisis isis Center is is a a crime surrounded by my myths s These my myths include e the misconception that r rape is a sex sexually sexually lly moti motivated crime that women as ask to tobe be raped by th the way they y dress or o act and that only bad girls girls' get raped Ms Waters continued Rape nape is not sexual intercourse It is a violent very crime the motivation o. o v for r which is violence olence In 80 percent of the cases youre you're talking about someone someone who wantS wants total power an and control over another person or a a person p person who is S. S so angry hostile and ha hateful that hes he's going g to do anything thing ng h he can to another human being to degrade humiliate umilia and hurt them them- and take o out t all up upon n that person Of the victims of rape 78 nt perc percent are hospitalized and nil another 28 percent need medical atten attention on Most rapiStS Most rapists rapists also use weapons or verbal intimidation to get the victim to comply with his demands There are very few cases of rape in in which the rapist has not told the e victim Ill I'll kill you you if you tell anyone And if someone has just ra raped you why wouldn't he hel kill ill you stated Ms Waters Under-reported Under Rape is one of the most under-reported under crimes in the nation For every reported rape it is estimated there ar are b between tween three and nine unreported Ms Waters continued One On major reason ra rapes are not pot reported is that the conviction rate for accused rapists is so low Nationally y only two percent of accused rapists who are brought to tri trial l ar are convicted Also contributing to the low rate of reported rapes ar are the police interrogation hospital examination and the attitude of the public toward rape as a rime crime W Who o is the average rapist Is he the seedy looking charac character r lurking inthe shadows According to Ms Waters the average under 25 ye years rs of age Over 60 percent per nt- nt of rapists are r also married and have children A rapist could be someone from any walk of l life e. e Male sexual assault is also on the increase For every nine girls who are molested one boy is the victim of sexual assault The reason for this said Ms Waters is that Rape is a violent crime As s violent crimes increase violence in the community increases the incidence of rape inc increases eases Rape is one of the three fastest growing v violent crimes in the na nation on Just as any man could be a rapist any pe person on could be a a victim It Itis is very important to realize that rape rave is occurring c n l lour in our community and realize t to that anyone anyone could be e a victim The reported rape caseS cases in t Salt Lake County are 1 per percent en higher than the national average So rape is occurring here and any anyone one of us could be a potential victim |