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- Title
Is Reporting of Rape on the Rise? A Comparison of Women With Reported Versus Unreported Rape Experiences in the National Women’s Study-Replication.
- Authors
Wolitzky-Taylor, Kate B.; Resnick, Heidi S.; McCauley, Jenna L.; Amstadter, Ananda B.; Kilpatrick, Dean G.; Ruggiero, Kenneth J.
- Abstract
Rape affects one in seven women nationwide. Historically, most rape victims do not report rape to law enforcement. Research is needed to identify barriers to reporting and correlates of reporting to guide policy recommendations that address such barriers. We investigated the prevalence of reporting rape among a national sample of women (N = 3,001) interviewed in 2006. The study also examined predictors of reporting as well as barriers to reporting, concerns about reporting, and women’s experiences with the reporting process. Results demonstrated that the overall prevalence of reporting (15.8%) has not significantly increased since the 1990s. Differences were found between rape types, with rapes involving drug or alcohol incapacitation or facilitation being less likely to be reported than forcible rapes. Several predictors of reporting emerged in multivariable analyses. Implications for public health and public policy are discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CENSUS; COMPARATIVE studies; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERVIEWING; MULTIVARIATE analysis; POLICE; RAPE; REPLICATION (Experimental design); RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; SELF-disclosure; SURVEYS; VICTIMS; LOGISTIC regression analysis; GOVERNMENT policy; DATA analysis; SOCIAL attitudes; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011, Vol 26, Issue 4, p807
- ISSN
0886-2605
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0886260510365869