There are more than 42 million survivors of sexual abuse in America.
1 in 5 children are solicited sexually while on the Internet before the age of 18.
30% of sexual abuse is never reported.
Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults occur to children age 17 and under.
90% of child sexual abuse victims know the perpetrator in some way.
Approximately 20% of the victims of sexual abuse are under age eight.
95% of sexual abuse is preventable through education.
38% of the sexual abusers of boys are female.
There is worse lasting emotional damage when a child’s sexual abuse started before the age of six, and lasted for several years.
Among child and teen victims of sexual abuse there is a 42 percent increased chance of suicidal thoughts during adolescence.
- RAINN http://www.rainn.org/
- Stop It Now http://www.stopitnow.org/
- Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute: www.childmolestationprevention.org
- ChildHelp: www.childhelpusa.org
- Child Welfare Information Gateway: www.childwelfare.gov
- Prevent Child Abuse America: www.preventchildabuse.org
- US Department of Health and Human Services: www.hhs.gov
- Darkness to Light: www.d2l.org
- The National Children’s Alliance: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org
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