The crime of sexual assault, or rape as it is more commonly referred, is one of the most violent and least reported crimes in the United States.
Sexual assault is a crime that robs victims of their internal safety and trust.
Being forced into having sex-even if it's by someone you know is assault, and it's a crime. Sexual contact means any intentional touching of the intimate parts of another, clothed or unclothed, without consent. This is a crime that crosses all socioeconomic, racial, gender and age barriers. Today, men, woman, and children are all at risk of being sexually assaulted. Statistics show that the crime of sexual assault occurs mostly with woman.