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Sexual assault is a concern for most women in today's world.
Though recent U.S. Department of Justice statistics show that national rates of rape and sexual assault are on the decline, estimates for 1995 indicate that members of the public age 12 or older experienced 260,000 rapes and attempted rapes and nearly 95,000 other sexual assaults and threats of sexual assault. Moreover, rapists and sexual assaulters are not necessarily strangers to their victims. In fact, two-thirds of the victims 18 to 29 years old had a prior relationship with their perpetrators. Nothing can protect you absolutely from sexual assault. Nonetheless, the Personal Safety Strategies listed above and the programs and policies detailed in this newsletter will help you to avoid placing yourself in a vulnerable situation.