By the Numbers - Aug. 5, 2013
29%
The percentage of victims in " Unrestricted DoD Reports of Sexual Assault" that are civilians, according to a new RAND Corporation report -- Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault: Recommendations for Care, Research, and Policy. The remaining 71% were identified as servicemembers.
According to the report, the percentage of civilian perpetrators is 4%, while 85% are military. The remaining 11% are "unknown," according to the report, which says:
Among unrestricted reports, the only form of reporting that provides demographic details about the perpetrator and victim, 71 percent involved a servicemember victim and at least 85 percent involved a servicemember perpetrator. In 11 percent of reports, the service status of the perpetrator was unknown; assuming that some proportion of these unidentified assailants were servicemembers, the proportion of servicemember perpetrators is likely to be greater than 85 percent. The majority of victims were female (90 percent); under the age of 25 (71 percent); and for those who were servicemembers, from junior enlisted ranks (85 percent E1–E4) (percentages adjusted to exclude missing data).
29%
The percentage of victims in " Unrestricted DoD Reports of Sexual Assault" that are civilians, according to a new RAND Corporation report -- Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault: Recommendations for Care, Research, and Policy. The remaining 71% were identified as servicemembers.
According to the report, the percentage of civilian perpetrators is 4%, while 85% are military. The remaining 11% are "unknown," according to the report, which says:
Among unrestricted reports, the only form of reporting that provides demographic details about the perpetrator and victim, 71 percent involved a servicemember victim and at least 85 percent involved a servicemember perpetrator. In 11 percent of reports, the service status of the perpetrator was unknown; assuming that some proportion of these unidentified assailants were servicemembers, the proportion of servicemember perpetrators is likely to be greater than 85 percent. The majority of victims were female (90 percent); under the age of 25 (71 percent); and for those who were servicemembers, from junior enlisted ranks (85 percent E1–E4) (percentages adjusted to exclude missing data).