# Are rape victims more likely to be raped again?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-rape-victims-more-likely-to-be-raped-again/418339
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 7, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-rape-victims-more-likely-to-be-raped-again/418339 "2007-09-07T05:17:17Z")
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### Author: ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-rape-victims-more-likely-to-be-raped-again/418339/61 "2013-11-07T23:52:09Z")

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nm, zombie

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### Author: ![runningdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@runningdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runningdude)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-rape-victims-more-likely-to-be-raped-again/418339/62 "2013-11-08T16:13:58Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> Here’s an idea, just speculating.
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> Not all rapes are reported. For various reasons some victims never tell what happened to them. People throw out figures like [80%-90% go unreported](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4452962.stm) (dubious - how would they know?)
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> A victim who reports a rape is thus more likely to have previously reported a rape. Not because she is more prone to being raped, but because she is less likely to keep silent about it.

Unreported to police; not necessarily unreported to anybody at all collecting such data.

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