• Lowest Number of Reported Rapes Since 1989

  Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:22 PM | By Jessica Grose
  
  
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  According to the FBI, reported rapes are at a 20-year low. 89,000 women reported being raped in 2008, down from a high of 109,062 in 1992. While the data is not available yet for 2009, this is a pretty hefty drop. The USA Today article about these new findings attributes the drop to the use of DNA to catch rapists, who are often repeat offenders, and also to anti-rape public awareness campaigns in the '70s and '80s ... (Read more in DoubleX)
  
  Filed under: rape, Scott Berkowitz, rape statistics
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