IMPACT ON VICTIMS: Gender

Question 1

Overview

Answer 1

• men more likely for violent crime
  -women more likely for sexual crimes
• women more impacted by fear
• women perpetrators are often victims first

Question 2

International comparison

Answer 2

• similar female victimisation trends internationally
  U.S - 4.3 women vs 0.8 per men 1000 faced DV
  Sweden 2014- 0.7% rise in SA cases = 22% of women scared/to leave home
  Canada 2014- 38% women vs 64% men feel safe walking home at night

Question 3

Statistics - sexual crimes

Answer 3

• 97% of women faced sexual harassment
• 1.1M adults experienced SA - Eng&wales, march 2021-22
• 70% of that were women
• women are more likely to face SA, stalking , DV
  -According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), 94% of women who are raped experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during the two weeks following the assault.

Question 4

Statistics- proportion of crimes

Answer 4

• 2017 Scottish criminal justice survey, 15% of men victims and 13% women
• similar in New Zealand, 14 & 12% ( reported)
• 1 in 4 women victims of domestic abuse ( 28 vs 13%)

Question 5

Statistics- fear

Answer 5

• women are 3x more fearful of crime
• 28% women vs 86% men felt safe walking home at night ( similar in canada)