Sexual Assault Awareness
Sexual assaults are acts of violence where sex is used as a weapon. Assaults are motivated primarily out of anger and/or a need to feel powerful by controlling, dominating, or humiliating the victim. Victims/Survivors of sexual assaults are forced, coerced, and/or manipulated to participate in unwanted sexual activity. Victims/survivors do not cause their assaults and are not to blame, offenders are responsible for the assaults.
"Where to go for help"
Albuquerque Rape Crisis Center: 266-7711
Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center: 986-9111
Community Against Violence (Taos): 758-8082
Daybreak Center (Aztec): 334-3444
La Pinon Sexual Trauma and Recovery Center (Las Cruces): 526-3437
New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (Albuquerque): 883-8020
Statewide: 1-888-883-8020
New Mexico Sexual Assault Statistics
- The number of reported criminal sexual penetration crimes has increased each year from 1,337 in 2006 to 1,408 in 2009.
- The vast majority of rapes against both women and men remain unreported to police or sexual violence support organizations. In 2009, only 1 in 9.5 adult rapes came to the attention of law enforcement.
- Victims of sexual violence are overwhelmingly female (86 percent rape victims and 78 percent victims of non-penetration sex crimes).
- Almost one-third (31%) of rape victims and 29 percent of victims of non-penetration sex crimes are victimized before age twelve. Another 30 percent of rape victims and 32 percent of victims of non-penetration crimes are victimized before age eighteen.
- More than half (57%) of sexual assault victims were victims of a prior sexual assault.
- Almost two-thirds (60%) of prior assault victims were victimized by age twelve and 85 percent of these were victims of on-going sexual abuse.
- More than half of survivors and two-thirds of offenders had a history of domestic violence.
Resources
- New Mexico Sexual Assault Services
- NM Crime Victims Reparation Commission
- NM Coalition of Sexual Assault Program
- Domestic Violence Resources
- CYFD - Domestic Violence
- NM Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico
- Sexual Assualt Fact Sheet
- Spanish Language Resources / Recursos en Español
Reports
Reports on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence in New Mexico can be found on the following websites:
- DOH Office of Injury Prevention website:
http://www.health.state.nm.us/Injury/injury_reports.shtml - NM Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs website at:
http://www.nmcsap.org/reports.html
