likely to be reported of all violent crimes between 1992 and 1999 (Bureau ofJustice Statistics. 2003). and this trend persisted in 2006 (Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2007). Sexual assault victims who do not report incidents to the police may adhere to socially constructed perceptions of rape such as rape myths

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ed at least once (returning sample) are interviewed either in person or over the phone. Due to increasing risks related to COVID-19, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in coordination with the U.S. Census Bureau, suspended all incoming sample interviews and shifted all returning sample interviews to teleph