Unfortunately this means that for every 100 rapes, 97 rapists will walk free without spending a single day in prison.…

In 2011, family murders accounted for 13.8% of the 12,664 total murders in the U.S., though this percentage may actually…

In 2011, there were a total of 12,408,899 arrests made in the United States (not including the 1,424 arrests made…

This statistic is horrifying and can be largely attributed to rape often going unreported. Only around 40% of sexual assaults…

Many Americans hold the false notion that violent crime is on the rise in the US. That perception, though, couldn't…

While some form of abortion is legal in most parts of the globe, laws vary greatly on the grounds in…

Sexual violence includes either completed, attempted, or threatened rape or sexual assault. These rates are declining for women aged 12…

The number of sexual harassment charges decreased by 28% from 1997 (15,889 charges) to 2011 (11,364 charges). In 2008, the…

There are jokes that are tasteless, then there are those that are considered to be wholly unacceptable. A recent poll…

Only 40% of sexual assaults are reported. Much less get prosecuted and only 3% of rapists go to jail. Our…

According to this data men are at much lower risk for rape than women. However, it is possible that male…

It's important to remember that statistics on rape vary. The US had more than 80,000 cases of rape reported to…

In most cases of sexual violence against women, police responded by taking reports. However, other actions taken were in the…

The percent of sexual violence cases against women that were reported to the police spiked in 2003. At this point…

A large majority of sexual violence cases against women were not committed with the use of a weapon. This has…

The percentage of sexual harassment charges with no reasonable cause to believe that there was discrimination has increased from 41.4%…

In the majority of sexual harassment cases (53%), it is determined that there is no reasonable cause to believe that…

The percentage of sexual harassment charges that are being filed by males has increased from 11.6% in 1997 to 16.3%…

Law enforcement officers are least likely to be feloniously killed on Sundays and most likely to be killed on Thursdays.…

Of the 543 U.S. law enforcement officers feloniously killed from 2002-2011, 41.1% were killed from 4:01 p.m. to Midnight. Officers…

After decreasing from 1997 to 2000, the justifiable homicide trend reversed, and the number of justifiable homicides committed by private…

In 2011, U.S. metropolitan areas with populations less than 25,000 had the highest violent crime rates, with an average of…

From 2007 to 2010, the number of people murdered from handguns dropped from 7,398 to 6,115. However, in 2011, the…

In 2011, more Americans ages 20-24 were murdered (2,329) than any other age group, comprising 18.4% of all U.S. murder…

In 2011, 42.8% of the murder victims in the U.S. were black males (5.416 victims), making black males the most…

Possession of marijuana accounted for the largest percentage of arrests for drug abuse violations (43%). Sale/manufacturing of drugs only constituted…

There were 8,583 murder victims killed by firearms in the U.S. in 2011, making firearms the most used murder weapon.…