Other Relevant Statistics
Child Sexual Assault
In a retrospective chart review of all 226 girls 10-14 years old who were evaluated at a St. Paul hospital-based child advocacy center between 1998 and 2003 and diagnosed with extra-familial sexual abuse (sexual abuse by perpetrators not related to the victim), researchers found the experience of the 32 Hmong girls to be strikingly different from those of other girls.
The Research:
Of these 32 Hmong girls. . .
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34% reported that the sexual assault occurred when they had been taking alcohol or drugs, and 19% reported that it involved use of weapon (compared to 6% and 4% of non-Hmong girls, respectively).
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​77% reported gang rape, prostitution, or multiple assaults; 69% reported 5 or more perpetrators and 75% reported 5 or more assaults (compared to 16%, 2%, and 24% of non-Hmong girls, respectfully).
Source: api-gbv.org​
The Research:
Of these 32 Hmong girls continues. . .
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97% reported penile-vaginal assault, and 38% reported penile-oral assault (compared to 61% and 17% of non-Hmong girls, respectively).
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10% were assaulted by only juvenile perpetrators, 48% were assaulted by only adult perpetrators, and 42% were assaulted by both juvenile and adult perpetrators (compared to 27%, 68%, and 6%, respectively, for the cases involving non-Hmong girls).
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82% had at least one of their cases prosecuted (compared to 57% of non-Hmong girls).
Source: api-gbv.org​
Domestic Violence Related Homocide
A review of U.S. Newspapers from 2000 to 2005 identified 160 Domestic Violence related homicide cases involving Asians. A total of 158 victims and 122 perpetrators of known ethnicity were identified.
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10% of victims and 11% of perpetrators were Hmong
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of 36 cases involved intimate partner homicide- suicide, where perpetrators committed suicide after killing an intimate partner, 6 cases involved a Hmong victim or perpetrator.
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Children were on site and witnessed the killing in several of the cases.
Source: api-gbv.org​
Trafficking in
Southeast Asia
"According to some estimates, human trafficking is now one of the world’s most lucrative organized crimes, generating more than $150 billion a year. Two-thirds of its victims, or 25 million people, are in East Asia and the Pacific." - Walk Free Foundation Global Slavery Index
"These shocking figures are only estimates, since accurate data are difficult to obtain, largely because human trafficking is underreported, underdetected, and thus underprosecuted. It remains largely a hidden crime, since victims are reluctant to seek help for fear of intimidation and reprisals. Victims, not perpetrators, are often the ones who suffer physical abuse and prosecution for illegal migration."
Source: International Monetary Fund
Human Trafficking Resources . . .
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The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence is a culturally specific national resource center on domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, and other forms of gender-based violence in Asian/Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities.