Category Archive for : ‘STATISTICS ON DATE RAPE’

According to a massive survey of Minnesota high-school kids, from ninth to 12th grade, an alarming one in 10 girls and almost one in 20 boys have been raped or physically abused on dates.  Researchers analyzing the 81,247 responses also found that both male and female victims were much more likely than nonabused young people to report emotional problems.  The work follows a study published earlier this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association that suggested one in five high-school girls has been physically or sexually abused by

Research published in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that one in five high school girls has been physically or sexually abused by a dating partner, significantly increasing their risk of drug abuse, suicide and other harmful behavior.  The data from the Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Surveys doesn’t indicate whether date violence is a cause of teens engaging in unhealthy behaviors or whether already troubled girls are more likely to date violent partners.  The study stems from surveys of 4,163 public school students in Massachusetts, but the authors