Date Rape / Acquaintance Rape:

Date rape refers to a type of acquaintance rape where the victim has consented to a date with someone who becomes a rapist.

Acquaintance rape is by someone the victim knows.

Facts about Date Rape:

• For every 1,000 women attending college, there will be 35 incidents of rape in a given academic year.
   

• 51.8 percent of rapes occur after midnight.
   

• 62 percent of completed rapes occur by classmates or friends.
   

• 16 percent of male students who committed rape, and 10 percent of those who attempted rape, did so with at least one other attacker.
   

• 57 percent of rapes occur while out on a date.
   

• Women are 10 times more likely than men to be victims of rape or sexual assault
   

• 84% of date rapists do not think that what they did was rape.
   

• More than half the rapes in the United States are acquaintance rapes, but they account for less than half of the incidents reported to police.
   

• Most rapists are between the ages of 15 and 24, which generally puts acquaintance rape victims in the college age range.
   

• In Arkansas, white males between the ages of 13 – 20 are the most common rapists.

For more information or if you would like to schedule a sexual assault prevention program please contact the Counseling Center at (479) 880-2240.