Despite Governor Palin's unpleasant behavior toward Senator Murkowski, neither of them is talking about the magnitude of domestic violence and sexual assault in Alaska.
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By now, most Alaskans are woefully aware of the alarming reality. Alaska's sexual crime rates are three times higher than the national average, and child sexual assault rates are six times the national average. A 2016 state report confirms
that, disproportionately, victims of sexual violence are between 11 and
17 years old, from Western Alaska or the Anchorage Bowl, and were
attacked by someone they knew. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report, 59 percent of Alaska women report having experienced sexual violence. Native Alaskans make up 61 percent of rape victims in the state, making Alaska Native women 9.7 times more likely than other Alaskans to be victims. Remarkable
though they are, these numbers are by all accounts conservative, as the
reported assault rate comprises only a portion of the overall rate of
incidents.