NCJ Number
146076
Date Published
1993
Length
37 pages
Annotation
This report presents sexual assault data reported to Wisconsin law enforcement agencies during 1992; data were compiled by the Statistical Analysis Center of Wisconsin's Office of Justice Assistance as part of the State's Uniform Crime Reporting program.
Abstract
Statistics are tabulated on five sexual assault offense types based on the Incident-Based Reporting System: forcible rape, forcible sodomy, assault with an object, forcible fondling, and statutory rape. Data indicate that an estimated 7,159 sexual assaults were reported to law enforcement agencies in 1992, a 4.5-percent increase over the 1991 estimated total of 6,852. About 75 percent of all sexual assault victims were juveniles, and over 67 percent were 15 years of age or younger. The most common type of sexual assault was forcible fondling, accounting for 58 percent of all reported sexual assault cases; 29 percent of the cases involved forcible rape, forcible sodomy, or assault with an object; and 90 percent of all sexual assaults were perpetrated by someone known to the victim. An offender was arrested in 54 percent of the cases, and 88 percent of those apprehended were referred to criminal or juvenile court. Sexual assaults occurred more frequently in the summer months of May, June, and July. Sexual assault victims were primarily white women, and 55 percent of assaults occurred in victim or offender homes. The average age of sexual assault offenders was 15 years, 94 percent of all offenders were male, and 72 percent were white. Data are also provided on sexual assaults by Wisconsin jurisdiction. Appendixes contain Wisconsin's sexual assault statutes and a sexual assault data collection form. 10 tables and 7 graphs