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Rape rates declined marginally between 1998 and 2008.
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- Note: Includes both
attempted and completed rapes. The National Crime Victimization Survey
- redesign was implemented
in 1993; the area with the lighter shading is before the redesign and
the darker area after the redesign. The data before 1993 are adjusted
to make them comparable with data collected since the redesign. The
adjustment methods are described in Criminal Victimization, 1973-95. Estimates for 1996 and beyond are
based on collection year while earlier estimates are based on data year.
For additional information about the methods used, see Criminal Victimization, 2008.
Victimization rate trends exclude NCVS estimates for 2006 because
of methodological inconsistencies between the data for that year and
the data for other years. Changes to the NCVS and their impact upon
the survey's estimates in 2006 are discussed in the Criminal Victimization, 2006 Technical Notes.
- Source:
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Ongoing since 1972, this
survey of households interviews about 147,300 persons age 12 and older in 82,900 households each year about their victimizations from
crime.
Rape - Forced
sexual intercourse including both psychological coercion as well as physical
force. Forced sexual intercourse means penetration by the offender(s). Includes
attempted rapes, male as well as female victims, and both heterosexual and
homosexual rape. Attempted rape includes verbal threats of rape.
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