Relationship Between Victims and Offenders
The vast majority of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim.
Drug-facilitated, Incapacitated, and Forcible Rape: A National Study1 found the following relationships between victims and perpetrators of forcible rape:
- Strangers 11%
- Husbands and ex-husbands 10%
- Fathers and step-fathers 11%
- Boyfriends 14%
- Other relatives 18%
- Other non-relatives 22%
- Friends 12%
- Classmates 2%