From the ArcaMax Publishing, Health & Fitness Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/healthtips/s-370984-978939
NEW YORK (UPI) -- A three-year study found 16 percent New York City
teens reported experiencing sexual violence at some time in their
lives, researchers said.
Researchers were granted permission to enroll more than 1,300 New York
City high school students from age 13 to 21 -- most were age 15 or 16
years -- anonymously with their parents' consent in the study.
Researchers at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault and
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health said New York
teens report higher levels of sexual violence than the national
average -- nationally, between 7 percent to 10.2 percent of teens ages
12 to 17 report some form of sexual assault.
The study also said that 89 percent of those who have experienced
sexual violence knew the person, 28 percent of those who reported
having perpetrated sexual violence against their dating partner also
reported having carried a weapon in the past month and 60 percent of
youth who were physically violent with dates also reported having
engaged in other physical fights.
Almost 10 percent said that their partner touched them sexually when
they didn't want to be touched and 6.7 percent said they were forced
to have sex against their will, the study said.