Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site pluto.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!phri!pluto!warren From: warren@pluto.UUCP (Warren Burstein) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: rape statistics Message-ID: <169@pluto.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 23:16:02 EST Article-I.D.: pluto.169 Posted: Sat Nov 2 23:16:02 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 08:06:09 EST References: <1181@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Industrial Automation Systems Inc., New York, N.Y. Lines: 14 Summary: fudge! In article <1181@decwrl.UUCP>, merrill@raja.DEC writes: > > If you read the FBI Crime report for the year, multiply by 30 (years per > generation) and divide by the number of women you should come close > to 25%, BUT many women DO get raped multiple times but that data is > not available generally. Sooo I would credit the 1 in 10 number more > than the 1 in 5 number. > > I'm not convinced. This sounds like what I used to do in physics lab when I didn't have any real data. There must be solid facts somewhere.