Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site randvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!randvax!edhall From: edhall@randvax.ARPA (Ed Hall) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: References for los Angeles rape statistics. Message-ID: <1730@randvax.ARPA> Date: Tue, 28-Feb-84 18:24:31 EST Article-I.D.: randvax.1730 Posted: Tue Feb 28 18:24:31 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Mar-84 23:08:05 EST References: <3547@tekecs.UUCP> Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica Lines: 28 ------------------------------ I think that what I said was that one out of three women in Los Angeles will be raped in her lifetime, *not* that one out of three had already been raped. To give you an idea of the problem I've been having in getting statistics, the LA Times, within the past week or two, published a one out of ten chance for women nationwide and a one out of seven chance in LA. This was contradicted by its statement that the rape rate in LA was two or three times the national average; a little arithmetic shows that at least one of these numbers is wrong. I've found several other references, and they seem to offer divergent estimates of the problem. But I'll present some for the net, and I hope soon. I have a friend who is an expert on family violence and violence against women. She has her PhD in sociology, has written several books (more scholarly than popular), and more than once has testified before the US Congress on the problem of family violence. I'm waiting to get her opinion on the various statistics around, along with her own opinions on the problem. She is usually incredibly busy, with several publications in development and a heavy teaching schedule, and we haven't managed to connect yet. -Ed Hall decvax!randvax!edhall