Alaska is in the midst of a crisis. In fact, it has been for at least five decades now.
Alaska has reported rape and sexual assault statistics that have been higher than the national average. While these statistics have wavered in some years, our rate of reported sexual assault has continued to grow to our current level of nearly three times the national average. I've been using the term "reported" before all of those statistics, to suggest that there are actually more cases of rape and sexual assault than are reported to law enforcement officials. In fact, organizations like the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network estimate that at least 60 percent of all sexual assaults go unreported. So alongside the newfound accuracy in our reports as a product of the FBI's redefinition of the term rape, we could also stand to see our already super high statewide average even double.
http://www.adn.com/article/20141122/alaska-s-rape-problem-alaska-men-problem
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