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Access the DoD 2012 SAPRO Report

The Department of Defense has released its annual report on sexual assault in the military:

In the 12 months prior to the survey, 12.4% of women and 2.0% of men indicated experiencing unwanted sexual contact, which are statistically no different than the rates of unwanted sexual contact measured in the 2010 SAGR survey … While the number of reports of sexual assault by victims may never equal what is reported on anonymous surveys, the Department’s dual goals are to use prevention interventions to reduce the number of incidents of sexual assault, and at the same time, encourage reporting of the crime, so that the Restricted and Unrestricted Reports to DoD account for a greater proportion of the survey-estimated number of victims.

Read the full report.