Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!masscomp!miche From: miche@masscomp.UUCP (Harvey) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: rape statistics Message-ID: <816@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 17:33:00 EST Article-I.D.: masscomp.816 Posted: Fri Nov 1 17:33:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 07:33:09 EST References: <1181@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: miche@masscomp.UUCP (Miche Baker-Harvey) Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA Lines: 14 Summary: 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. > Why do you chose to multiply by thirty years? Isn't women's lifespan in the seventies? Both babies and very old women are raped. This brings us back to the 1 in 4 number. Miche Baker-Harvey {decvax|ihnp4}!masscomp!miche