Here are a few more FACTS.
One in three girls and one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of 18
Many child sexual abuse victims never disclose their abuse to anyone. Less than 10% of child sexual abuse is reported to the police.
Children are most vulnerable between ages 8 -12.
29% of all forcible rapes occurred when the victim was under 11 years old.
15% of sexual assault and rape victims are under the age of 12.
Children with disabilities are 4 to 10 times more vulnerable to sexual abuse than their non-disabled peers.
Nearly 30% of child sexual assault victims identified by child protective service agencies were between 4 and 7 years of age.
93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker, 34.2% of attackers were family members and 58.7% were acquaintances and only 7% of the perpetrators were strangers to the victim.
Nearly 50 % of all the victims of forcible sodomy, sexual assault with an object, and forcible fondling are children under the age of 12.
Like rape, child molestation is one of the most underreported crimes: only 1-10% are ever disclosed. Source: FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE 60 MILLION SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE IN AMERICA TODAY.
What about these children? How was their childhood?
Maybe if they had been taught that it was unacceptable for someone to touch them in those areas, and it was good for them to tell a trusted adult, they might have actually had a childhood.
Parents For Megan's Law and The Crime Victims Center - Sex Offender Email Alert - Report Sex Offernders - Report Child Abuse - National Megan's Law Helpline