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Article: Almost 20% of women raped; close to 40% victimized.(Sexual Assault)(Brief Article)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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A study looking at the prevalence of sexual assault among women between 18 and 30 found that 38% had experienced victimization and almost 50% of that group had been raped, claims the Research Institute on Addictions at the University at Buffalo (N.Y.).
"Nearly half of the women reporting victimization [said] that they were raped, either due to physical force or because they were too incapacitated to resist," notes Maria Testa, lead researcher on the study and adjunct associate professor in the School of Social Work and research associate professor in the Department of Psychology. "Other types of sexual victimization reported included verbally coerced intercourse, ...