Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
Crisis Center of Tampa Bay: 2-1-1
Florida Abuse Hotline: 1-800-962-2873
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These were real crimes in Hillsborough County:
● A man asks his teenage stepdaughter to put on her mother’s nightgown and then fondles her in the bedroom.● A woman drinks heavily at a nightclub and invites a man to her home, where she is raped by someone she knows only by a first name.
● A 9-year-old boy molests his 6-year-old cousin in the shower during a visit from out of state.
The HCSO analyzed all reported rape and sexual abuse cases in 2008 and found:
● Most child victims
were assaulted by family members, parents/stepparents, acquaintances or
someone personally known to the child.
● Most adult victims were assaulted by an
acquaintance or boyfriend/former boyfriend.
● Most rapes and sexual abuses occur in their home of the attacker or the victim.
Juvenile suspect with Juvenile victim: 125 cases
58 percent occurred at residence of suspect or victim
o 1 stranger
o 19 cases listed suspect as a family member other than sibling
o 31 cases listed suspect as sibling or foster sibling
o 53 cases listed suspect as an acquaintance
o 21 cases the suspect was personally known (other than a family member)
• 1 babysitter
• 8 boyfriend
• 3 co-habitant
• 9 neighbor
Adult suspect with Juvenile victim: 234 cases
82 percent occurred at residence of suspect or victim
o 4 stranger cases
o 54 cases listed suspect a family member other than parent or sibling
o 47 cases listed suspect as parent or stepparent
o 2 cases listed suspect as foster parent
o 7 cases listed suspect as sibling
o 48 cases listed suspect as an acquaintance
o 72 cases the suspect was personally known (other than a family member)
• 14 mother’s boyfriend
• 4 babysitter
• 8 cohabitant
• 24 neighbor
• 16 boyfriend
• 1 staff
• 5 teacher/staff
Adult suspect with Adult victim: 112 cases
66 percent occurred at residence of suspect or victim
o 28 stranger cases reported – (14 of which had recently met the suspect)
7 met at bar or club
4 victims accepted rides with the suspect
1 met suspect on the internet
1 victim invited suspect to hotel room
1 was listed as an acquaintance
o 44 cases listed suspect as an acquaintance
o 19 cases listed suspect as a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend
o 5 cases listed suspect as the husband
o 3 cases listed suspect as a neighbor
o 6 cases listed suspect as roommate
o 3 cases listed suspect as stepparent
o 4 cases with 1 each of: coworker, facility staff, pastor and unknown
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HCSO Phone Numbers
Emergencies:
911
Non-Emergencies:
(813) 247-8200
Crime Stoppers:
(800) 873-8477
Sexual Offenders
