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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 3, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-a <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Proclamation <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Human Rights and Relations <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Proclamation <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Annette Moore, 245-2317 <br />Gentry Hodnett, Orange County Rape <br />Crisis Center, 968-4647 <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation recognizing April 2018 as Sexual Assault Awareness <br />Month in Orange County. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The National Sexual Violence Resource Center defines sexual violence as <br />“any type of unwanted sexual contact, including sexual assault and rape.” This can include <br />anything from sexual harassment to non-consensual sharing of private intimate images to rape. <br />Sexual violence impacts everyone. According to the National Center for Victims of Crime “2017 <br />National Crime Victim’s Rights Week Resource Guide: Crime and Victimization Fact Sheet”: <br /> <br />• 44% of women and 23% of men will experience sexual assault; <br />• 19% of women and 2% of men will be raped; <br />• 38% of heterosexual women who were raped were between the ages of 18 -24; <br />• 28% of persons raped were between the ages of 11-17 when first raped; <br />• 64% of multiracial women and 40% of multiracial men reported being sexually assaulted <br />other than rape; <br />• 75% of bisexual women are more likely to be sexual assaulted compared to 46% of <br />same sex and 43% of heterosexual women; <br />• In 2014, an estimated 20,300 military members reported being sexually assaulted <br />10,600 men and 9,600 women; <br />• Sexual violence is 2.5 times more prevalent that the most commonly occurring diseases <br />–including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and HIV/AIDS combined; <br />• 1 in 5 female students experienced attempted or completed sexual assault while in <br />college and 65% of those surveyed reported the incident to a friend, family member, or <br />roommate and less than 10% reported it to police or school officials; <br />• 4% of inmates in state and federal prison report experiencing sexual assault, the most <br />common for being staff misconduct. <br />A National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey in 2010 indicated that among females <br />who had been raped 51.1% reported being raped by an intimate partner and 40.8% by an <br />acquaintance. For males, more than half reported being raped by an acquaintance and 15.1% <br />by a stranger. The economic burden of sexual violence is estimated at a lifetime cost of <br />1