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Facts and Stats

The Facts are Staggering:

There are more than 42 million survivors of sexual abuse in America. (National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse)
1 in 6 girls is sexually abused before the age of 18. (The Advocacy Center)
1 in 8 boys is sexually abused before the age of 18. (The Advocacy Center)
1 in 5 children is solicited sexually while on the Internet before the age of 18. (National Children’s Alliance: Nationwide Child Abuse Statistics)
30% of sexual abuse is never reported. (Child Sex Abuse Prevention and Protection Center)
Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults (including assaults on adults) occur to children age 17 and under. (Children’s Advocacy Center)
90% of child sexual abuse victims know the perpetrator in some way. (U.S. Department of Justice)
Approximately 20% of the victims of sexual abuse are under age eight. (Broward County)
95% of sexual abuse is preventable through education. (Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute)
38% of the sexual abusers of boys are female. (Broward County)
There is worse lasting emotional damage when a child’s sexual abuse started before the age of six and lasted for several years. Among child and teen victims of sexual abuse, there is a 42 percent increased chance of suicidal thoughts during adolescence. (American Counseling Association)
“More than 90% of individuals with a developmental delay or disability will be sexually assaulted at least once in their lifetime.” (Valenti-Heim, D.m Schwartz L.)
“There are nearly half a million registered sex offenders in the U.S. – 80,000 to 100,000 of them are missing.” (The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
“A typical pedophile will commit 117 sexual crimes in a lifetime.” (National Sex Offenders Registry)