A couple friend have been pointing out that Alaska/TheYukon are the kinds of places were "Men are Men... and Women are Victims". Specifically, they have been talking about the high incidence of rape in Alaska.
Naturally, I was skeptical. I heard that in the North, a person's repuation was important... and people were pretty much to their word. After all, people in small towns tend to be pretty honest.
Apparently, I'm naive. Forcible rape is 30/100,000 for the whole US. Alaska has been in the top 5 worst rates for the past 25 years. For the past years the rate has been around 80 per 100,000 people: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/data/table_05.html.
Canada can't be worse? Well... yes it can. Overall rates show that rape in Canada is even more common than in the US. I couldn't find current rates for the Yukon, but the 1999 rate was ~240 per 100,000. ( 1995-1999 Canada Crime Statistics).
Wow. Your odds of getting attacked by a bear are a lot less.
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