ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1978
Page Count: 7

Rape in the United States
Schiff, AF
Deputy medical examiner, Fla.

(Received 3 November 1977; accepted 11 January 1978)

Abstract

Although a great percentage of the population in the United States is unaware of the full extent of the crime of rape, police authorities know the crime is definitely increasing. In the four-year period ending in 1976, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) [1] reported a 21% increase (Fig. 1). In the last reported year, 1976, there was an estimated total of 56 730 forcible rapes. This was a 1% increase over 1975. Stated more succinctly, in 1976, of every 100 000 females in this country, 52 were rape victims; one rape was occurring every 9 min. In 1974, the rate was one rape every 10 min and in 1972, it was one every 11 min.

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Paper ID: JFS10746J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10746J
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