It is true that Wasilla charged rape victims for their own rape kits, though. Apparently the cost was too much, but they found room in the budget for a 22 million dollar sports arena.
It is true that Wasilla charged rape victims for their own rape kits, though. Apparently the cost was too much, but they found room in the budget for a 22 million dollar sports arena.
Alaska's Rape Rates Double the National Average While rural areas overall may have lower reporting rates, Alaska's rates are more than double the U.S. average.
Alaska, where 90 percent of the state cannot be reached by a road system, in 1999 reported 83.5 rapes per 100,000 females compared to a U.S. average of 32.7 per 100,000 females, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports.
The rates for Anchorage (62.8 per 100,000 females), where more than half the state's population dwells, compared to the state rate (83.5 per 100,000 females) suggest that rural areas disproportionately shoulder the burden of higher rates of rape, according to the report. And data from the Alaska State Troopers suggest rural areas have the highest rates of sexual assault.
Alaska's rates may be higher than the norm for rural areas, but even those statistics don't reflect the complete picture, Maio said.
"A lot of the women just choose not to go forward with reporting it, just because the community is so small," said Maio, the Juneau counselor who must take a 20-minute ride on a small prop plane to reach the closest community she serves and a 40-minute flight on Alaska Airlines to reach the most far flung. "They don't want to ostracize themselves."
right off the bat, i would think the m:f ratio plays a significant role, along with the kind of person you find up there. alaska's a neat place to visit, but if you live up there, you're probably running from something, like a rape warrant issued in the lower 48
i'm no body language expert, but she seems awfully uncomfortable talking about that topic to someone who's firmly in her camp. best i can figure is she really does suck at 1-on-1 interviews, or might be just as likely she hasn't completely convinced herself her version of the facts.
best i can figure is she really does suck at 1-on-1 interviews, or might be just as likely she hasn't completely convinced herself her version of the facts.
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