Reported cases of female sexual assault over 5years period in Suez Canal area, Egypt: Demographic study

Pattern of Female Sexual Assault in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, During the Period From 2009 to 2013

“…These results are in agreement with the results of El-Elemi et al, 19 as 95% of the cases were living in urban areas, whereas 5% were living in rural areas. On the other hand, these results are in contrast with the results of a study done in Turkey in 2006, which revealed that most domestic violence by all of its types including sexual assault was in rural areas (76.2%).…”

“…On the other hand, El-Elemi et al 19 found that the highest percentage of female victims was among the age group between 18 and 28 years, representing 65% of the total cases of sexual assault. In addition, Sudupe Moreno 5 found that the age distribution of the 27 In addition, Vertamatti et al 9 found that the average age of victims was 24.5 years, 44.4% were between 10 and 19 years, and 47.3% were between 20 and 39 years.…”

“…These results were almost similar to other studies, which showed that most of the cases were committed by a single assailant. 42,53 On the other hand, 20% of cases reported sexual assault by more than 1 attacker, 19 and in 11.9% of cases, more than 1 aggressor was involved in the crime. 9 Medicolegal examination in most cases of the present work (43.8%) took place within the first week after the assault, whereas 28.5% were examined within the third day, 18.5% were examined within the second day, and 9.2% were examined within the first day of assault.…”

Sexual Assault in Ballari, Karnataka, India: A Four Year Retrospective Review

“…This finding highlights that the time of reporting for medico-legal examination after sexual assaults is very important for establishing rape. However, the majority of the victims were reluctant to report because of embarrassment, shame and feeling of guilt [28][29][30].…”

Epidemiology of rapes in Costa Rica: Characterization of victims, perpetrators and circumstances surrounding forced intercourse

“…Studies that address the epidemiology of rape around the world constitutes important inputs to: (a) understanding what elements constitute the root of the problem, (b) designing strategies to assure the victims' accessibility to legal resources and health care, (c) educating at-risk populations in prevention and behavioral response to rape, and (d) improving the justice administration system [3][4][5].…”