These costs do not include the costs of investigation, prosecution or incarceration of offenders. U L T One in three girls and one in six boys are sexually assaulted before the age of 18. The most vulnerable age for sexual abuse is between 7 and 13 years. Over nine percent, or 31,160 out of the 311,110 victims of rape were men. Most child sexual assault is perpetrated by men who are heterosexual and do not find sex with other men at all attractive.
Many child molesters abuse both boys and girls.
In 1998, there were 1,675 forcible rapes reported to the Virginia police. As it is estimated that as few as 1 out of every 6 rapes are reported to the police, the actual incidence of this crime could be as high as 10,644. Virginia sexual assault crisis centers tracked 2,869 forcible rapes reported by victims in 1998.