By the Numbers - May 13, 2013
3,374
The number of official "reports of sexual assault involving Service members" in FY 2012, according to the annual report recently related by the Department of Defense (DoD) Sexual Assault and Prevention Office (SAPRO). This represents an increase of 6% over the 3,192 sexual assaults reported in FY 2011.
Additionally, DoD estimated -- via anonymous surveys and sampling research -- that 26,000 service personnel experienced “unwanted sexual contact” last year, a significant increase from the 19,300 unwanted encounters estimated to have accurred in FY 2010. "Unwanted sexual contact," according to the DoD, "means intentional sexual contact that was against a person’s will or which occurred when the person did not or could not consent, and includes completed or attempted sexual intercourse, sodomy (oral or anal sex), penetration by an object, and the unwanted touching of genitalia and other sexually-related areas of the body."
- Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military -- Fiscal Year 2012 -- Volume I (PDF)
- Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military -- Fiscal Year 2012 -- Volume II (PDF)
Some recent (full text) papers and reports about military sexual assault:
- US GAO -- DOD Has Taken Steps to Meet the Health Needs of Deployed Servicewomen, but Actions Are Needed to Enhance Care for Sexual Assault Victims (January 29, 2013)
- RAND Corporation -- Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault: Recommendations for Care, Research, and Policy (2013)
- Journal of Traumatic Stress -- A Randomized Clinical Trial of Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans With PTSD Related to Military Sexual Trauma (February 2013)
- Veterans Law Review -- Coming Full Circle: How VBA Can Complement Recent Changes in DoD and VHA Policy Regarding Military Sexual Trauma (PDF; 2012)
- Journal of Military and Strategic Studies -- An Analysis of Sexual Assault in the U.S. Military, 2004-2009 (2012)
- Social Science & Medicine -- Women at war: Understanding how women veterans cope with combat and military sexual trauma (PDF; February 2012, via University of Nebraska Digital Commons)
3,374
The number of official "reports of sexual assault involving Service members" in FY 2012, according to the annual report recently related by the Department of Defense (DoD) Sexual Assault and Prevention Office (SAPRO). This represents an increase of 6% over the 3,192 sexual assaults reported in FY 2011.
Additionally, DoD estimated -- via anonymous surveys and sampling research -- that 26,000 service personnel experienced “unwanted sexual contact” last year, a significant increase from the 19,300 unwanted encounters estimated to have accurred in FY 2010. "Unwanted sexual contact," according to the DoD, "means intentional sexual contact that was against a person’s will or which occurred when the person did not or could not consent, and includes completed or attempted sexual intercourse, sodomy (oral or anal sex), penetration by an object, and the unwanted touching of genitalia and other sexually-related areas of the body."
- Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military -- Fiscal Year 2012 -- Volume I (PDF)
- Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military -- Fiscal Year 2012 -- Volume II (PDF)
Some recent (full text) papers and reports about military sexual assault:
- US GAO -- DOD Has Taken Steps to Meet the Health Needs of Deployed Servicewomen, but Actions Are Needed to Enhance Care for Sexual Assault Victims (January 29, 2013)
- RAND Corporation -- Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault: Recommendations for Care, Research, and Policy (2013)
- Journal of Traumatic Stress -- A Randomized Clinical Trial of Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans With PTSD Related to Military Sexual Trauma (February 2013)
- Veterans Law Review -- Coming Full Circle: How VBA Can Complement Recent Changes in DoD and VHA Policy Regarding Military Sexual Trauma (PDF; 2012)
- Journal of Military and Strategic Studies -- An Analysis of Sexual Assault in the U.S. Military, 2004-2009 (2012)
- Social Science & Medicine -- Women at war: Understanding how women veterans cope with combat and military sexual trauma (PDF; February 2012, via University of Nebraska Digital Commons)