Forcible Rapes and Sexual Assaults in Anchorage

• Main Author: Rosay, André B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center 2009
• Subjects: Anchorage; AK; crime in Alaska; sexual assault; violence against women; Alaska; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/7013

Originally published in the Alaska Justice Forum 20(4): 1, 9–11 (Winter 2004). This study examined the characteristics of all sexual assaults reported to the Anchorage Police Department from 2000 through 2003. Key descriptive findings are summarized. * Victims tended to be young and female, with Native women victims in over 45% of reported sexual assaults. * In a majority of the assaults — over 62% — the assailant was not a stranger to the victim. The most common non-stranger relationships included friends and acquaintances. * A majority of the assaults occurred indoors, with 45% taking place at the residence of one or both of those involved. * Sixty-five percent of victims had used alcohol prior to the assault and 74% of suspects had also.