STATISTICS ON SEXUAL ABUSE
Studies by David Finkelhor, Director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, show that:
3 out of 4 adolescents who have been sexually assaulted were victimized by someone they knew well.
Children who do not live with both parents as well as children living in homes marked by parental discord, divorce, or domestic violence, have a higher risk of being sexually abused.
https://victimsofcrime.org/media/reporting-on-child-sexual-abuse/child-sexual-abuse-statistic
- 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse;
- Self-report studies show that 20% of adult females and 5-10% of adult males recall a childhood sexual assault or sexual abuse incident;
- During a one-year period in the U.S., 16% of youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized;
- Over the course of their lifetime, 28% of U.S. youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized;
3 out of 4 adolescents who have been sexually assaulted were victimized by someone they knew well.
Children who do not live with both parents as well as children living in homes marked by parental discord, divorce, or domestic violence, have a higher risk of being sexually abused.
https://victimsofcrime.org/media/reporting-on-child-sexual-abuse/child-sexual-abuse-statistic
STATISTICS ON BULLYING
- One out of every four students (22%) report being bullied during the school year. (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2015)
- 64 percent of children who were bullied did not report it; only 36 percent reported the bullying. (Petrosina, Guckenburg, DeVoe, and Hanson, 2010)
- More than half of bullying situations (57 percent) stop when a peer intervenes on behalf of the student being bullied. (Hawkins, Pepler, and Craig, 2001)
- School-based bullying prevention programs decrease bullying by up to 25%. (McCallion and Feder, 2013)
- Students who experience bullying are at increased risk for poor school adjustment, sleep difficulties, anxiety, and depression. (Center for Disease Control, 2015)
- 74% of students who identify as LGBTQ were bullied in the last year based on their sexual orientation. (National School Climate Survey 2013)
- 55% of students feel unsafe because of their sexual orientation, and 43.9% because of their gender expression. (National School Climate Survey 2013)
- 30% of LGBTQ students missed at least one entire day of school in the past month because they felt unsafe or uncomfortable. (National School Climate Survey 2013)
- Peer victimization of all youth was less likely to occur in schools with bullying policies that are inclusive of LGBTQ students. (Hatzenbuehler and Keyes, 2012)
STATISTICS ABOUT SUICIDE
- More than one in every 10 high school students reported having attempted suicide; nearly 1 in 6 students between the ages of 12-17 have seriously considered it.
- More than 30% of LGBTQ youth report at least one suicide attempt within the last year.*
- More than 50% of Transgender youth will have had at least one suicide attempt by their 20th birthday.*
- Youth suicides outnumber youth homicides.
http://www.yspp.org/about_suicide/statistics.htm