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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYoung people are overwhelmingly the victims of sexual assaults
Sexual assault has almost as much to do with age as it does with gender, according to Penn State criminologists. Young people -- both male and female -- are the most likely targets of rape and other sexual assaults, said Richard Felson, professor of criminology and sociology. The most frequent victims of those assaults are 15 years old, regardless of gender, or the age of the offender, he said. Older people and women rarely commit the crime, but when they do, their most frequent victims are still 15 years old.
"People tend to look at sexual assault almost exclusively as a crime against women, but this study shows that there is a different way of looking at the crime," said Felson.
"People tend to look at sexual assault almost exclusively as a crime against women, but this study shows that there is a different way of looking at the crime," said Felson.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/ps-ypa053013.php
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Young people are overwhelmingly the victims of sexual assaults (Original Post)
DavidDvorkin
May 2013
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Xipe Totec
(43,889 posts)1. I wonder if it is because beauty, vitality, desirability, and vulnerability peak at that age. nt
DavidDvorkin
(19,473 posts)3. I think it says exactly that in the article.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)2. As written, this headline means: the majority of young people have been victims of sexaul assault
I think they wanted: Most Sexual Assault Victims are Young People.