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Most rapes occur in the homes of the victims. In many cases, the perpetrators are known to them; they are usually their relatives, boyfriends and acquaintances.
The majority of the incidents -- more than 50 per cent -- are not reported to the police. The reasons may be fear of retaliation, shame, negative publicity or the stress of police questioning or cross-examination in court. The offenders therefore escape justice.
In Malaysia, a rapist can serve a jail term of 10 to 20 years plus caning upon conviction. However, marital rape is not an offence.
The incidence of rapes in the country rose from 2,431 reported cases in 2006 to 3,595 in 2010. In layman's terms, about 10 rapes were committed in one day. The incidents happened in homes, hotels, vehicles and public places.
In 2,658 cases, or 73 per cent of the total, the victims were girls under 18 years old. Ten per cent of these violations affected children under 13 years old. They were students, neighbours and the perpetrators' daughters or stepdaughters. As high as 90 per cent of rape cases was not reported to the police or welfare department.
Alarming high rape rates
The so-called rape capital of the world is South Africa where a woman or child is raped every 15 seconds. The offenders are usually men who have attained some level of education and income. Eleven in 40 of these transgressors have admitted that they have raped more than once.
According to a survey, countries with alarmingly high rape rates include Seychelles, Australia, Montserrat, Canada, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Dominica and the US. Malaysia ranks 38th on the list, overtaking Asian countries like the Philippines and China..
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country racked by war, 1,152 women are raped daily or 48 victims every hour. The crime wave is compounded by the country's economic decline and political uncertainty.
Sweden has recorded the highest number of rape cases in Europe, chalking up 48 rape incidents per 100,000 people. The rate is twice that of the UK and at least three times that of Germany and France. The crime is ascribed to high alcohol consumption, partying and free sexuality.
An unprecedented wave of rapes has swept Norway where 48 incidents committed by immigrants in Oslo were reported in eight months. Gripped by fear, women have to carry tear gas and dye their blond hair.
Young rape victims
In the UK, about 85,000 rapes are committed annually or 230 cases daily. The tally does not include 75-90 per cent of unreported incidents. The conviction figure is low -- only 6.5 per cent.
The rape rate in the US is even higher. Somewhere in the country, someone is sexually assaulted every one minutes. One in six women and one in four college students have experienced completed or attempted rape in their lifetime. Nineteen out of 20 rape suspects walk free.
More than 50 per cent of the victims are under 18 years old and 20 per cent are below 12. The majority (81 per cent) are white and even males (9 per cent) are raped. The police receive only 63 per cent of rape cases each year. .
Most of the cases happen between 6 pm and 6 am. Rapes outdoors are rare; nearly 31 per cent of the transgressions occur in the perpetrators' homes, 26 per cent in the victims' homes and 7.2 per cent at parties.
Eighty-four per cent of the victims know their attackers who are usually acquaintances (35 per cent), current or former husbands and boyfriends (28 per cent) and relatives (5 per cent). Men who fall prey to assailants are mostly prison inmates.
Rape victims often experience anxiety, guilt, nervousness, phobias, substance abuse, sleep disturbances, depression, sexual dysfunction and aggression. At least US$4.1 billion is spent on their medical care and mental health treatment yearly.
Statistics show that one in three girls or women worldwide is beaten or sexually abused in her lifetime. Be alert when you are in high-risk places like Iceland, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Mexico and Chile.
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