NCJ Number
175554
Date Published
1997
Length
33 pages
Annotation
These data on sexual assaults reported to law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin during 1996 cover the number and nature of sexual assaults, sexual assault victim characteristics, offender characteristics, forcible rape, forcible sodomy, assault with an object, forcible fondling, statutory rape, and ejaculate/excrete upon victim.
Abstract
In 1996 an estimated 6,020 sexual assaults were reported to Wisconsin law enforcement agencies, a 1.3-percent decrease from the 1995 estimated total of 6,101. The most common type of sexual assault was forcible fondling, which accounted for 50 percent of all reported cases. Of all sexual assaults, 31 percent were the most serious types of offenses (forcible rape, forcible sodomy, or assault with an object). Ninety-two percent of all sexual assaults were perpetrated by someone known to the victim, and 8 percent were committed by strangers. An offender was arrested in 58 percent of all cases, and 90 percent of all sexual assault offenders apprehended were referred to criminal or juvenile court. Sexual assaults occurred most frequently in the summer months. Sixty-two percent of assaults occurred in either the victim's or offender's home. Ninety-eight percent of assaults were committed by single offenders. Extensive tabular and graphic data