Basic Information Preventing Violence
Important Statistics:
USA Sexual Assault Statistics: https://rainn.org/statistics/scope-problem
Every 68 seconds another American is sexually assaulted.
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed, 2.8% attempted).
About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
From 2009-2013, Child Protective Services agencies substantiated, or found strong evidence to indicate that, 63,000 children a year were victims of sexual abuse.
A majority of child victims are 12-17. Of victims under the age of 18: 34% of victims of sexual assault and rape are under age 12, and 66% of victims of sexual assault and rape are age 12-17.
Bullying Statistics: https://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/facts
About 19.2% of students ages 12-18 enrolled in grades 6-12 experienced bullying nationwide during the 2021-2022 school year. This is lower than the prevalence of bullying at the beginning of the last decade, during the 2010-2011 school year (28%), and lower than the prevalence last measured by the School Crime Supplement during the 2018-2019 school year (22%).
About 15.4% of students reported being bullied by a student who was more powerful than them in some way, 14.5% reported being bullied repeatedly, and 12.7% reported being bullied repeatedly by a student who was more powerful than them in some way.
The prevalence of bullying is higher in middle school (26.3%) than in high school (15.7%).
The prevalence of bullying is higher among female students (21.8%) than among male students (16.7%).
Information to avoid violence and what to do if you are being abused:
Well written advise on avoiding sexual assault:
Domestic Violence Information - deciding who you spend time with 1:1 is a very important decision for your safety.
Nearly 3 in 10 women (29%) and 1 in 10 men (10%) in the US have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by a partner and reported it having a related impact on their functioning
9.4% of high school students reported being hit, slapped, or physically hurt intentionally by their partner in the previous 12 months.
https://www.thehotline.org/stakeholders/domestic-violence-statistics/
Identifying Domestic Abuse:
https://www.thehotline.org/identify-abuse/understand-relationship-abuse/
Numbers to call if you are being abused:
Well written advice on helping protect and teach your children how to prevent sexual assault: https://rainn.org/articles/how-can-i-protect-my-child-sexual-assault
Well written advice on bully prevention or stopping bullying once it is happening:
https://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/get-help-now
How to Physically fighting back if you are assaulted
Using Pepper Spray effectively - anyone who walks alone or may be at risk of an attack would benefit from having and knowing how to effectively use pepper spray:
https://crimedoctor.com/self-defense-pepper-spray
Generally you have under 3 seconds to hurt them bad enough you can get away. Having hands up in front of face and foot back ready to kick allow you to react quickly once they are in your space.
Primary Targets against a large attacker:
Stomp Kick Knees
Hitting center of throat hard - snake strike, punch, palm, chop anything you can very hard.
Tear Biting anything on the person you have access to
Breaking fingers - while being choked or grabbed if you have access to pull a single finger backwards hard enough to break it
Fight back as hard as you can. Do not let someone put you in a vehicle or drag you. Keys to fighting back if you are being dragged
Try to kick their knees out stomping through knee cap
If kicking doesn’t release try to quickly jump onto their feet and throw them to the ground. Once you are both on the ground try to get up or get into a position you can kick at their head if you can't get up.
If they are on top of you, use any of the above techniques to create space so you can turn to kick at their head.
Very good advice if someone is pointing a gun at you - robbery, kidnapping, hostage:
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-respond-if-somebody-holds-a-gun-to-your-head-2013-12
Very good advice if you hear gun fire but gun is not necessarily pointed at you:
https://www.globalguardian.com/global-digest/active-shooter-what-to-do