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8.3% of black women who experienced sexual violence “reported to formal reporting sources. These numbers are less than the national average that indicates one third of people aged 12 or older report sexual violence to the police.” Non-reporting corr. w/ “mistrust of police."
Understanding the Attitudes Towards Reporting Sexual Violence Against Black Women
Ph.D. Dissertation in Educational Studies, Purdue University
May
2020
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