Compensation can be paid even when no one is arrested or convicted for the crime. Every state has a victim compensation program to help victims of violent crime pay for costs related to being a crime victim. Sexual violence can psychological,emotional, and physical effects on a survivor. These effects aren 't always easy to deal with ,but with the right help and support by compensation programs in the United States they can be managed. Learning more can help you find the best form of care and can start the healing process for the victim and their families. Rape causes “Dissociation” which has effectively impacts causing the victims to have eating and sleeping disorders and may even suffer thoughts of suicide. An estimated 70 out of every 100,000 females in the country were reported rape victims in 1997, a decrease 1% from 1996 and 13% from 1993. More than 52 percent of all rape and sexual assault victims were females younger than 25. 21.6% of first or only rape cases experienced by women happened before age 12.(Rape and Sexual Assault) (Crime Victim Compensation …show more content…
Sexual abuse can happen to men or women of any age. Sexual abuse by a partner and or intimate can include name calling, refusal to use condom causing unwanted physical pain during sex or sexual diseases. Many of the victims are scared after being sexually abused by an individual or individuals because some may have experienced several sexual attacks by a group been sexually abused they 're usually depressed,angry,and feel like they 're failures and usually they began to form horrible sexual habits. They began to lower their standards as well. “Rape is caused by the perpetrators uncontrollable sexual urge.Rape is an act of power and control ,not sex. Sexual assault is highly sexualized in our society due to the link between sex and violence prevalent in the American culture.”(Rape and Sexual Assault). Very few perpetrators are mentally incompetent. Rapes may be planned or carried out by acquaintances, in intimate partners, family members or strangers. There is a specific law that says the victim need to have resisted the perpetrator in order for it to be considered rape. Most every perpetrator is a serial rapist , meaning that they choose to use coercion,violence, threats of force to assault people on a repeated basis. Rape results in about 32,000 pregnancies each year. Over a third of women who are raped as minors are also raped as adults. 42% of raped women expect to be raped again. Rape survivors are 13 times more