87While most reported sexual assaults include female victims and male accused, recent data suggests that more males are victims of sexual assault in the military. Some DoD identified trends to keep in mind include The DoD estimates that only 10 percent of male victims would report asexual assault.
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see 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study and FY 2015 DoD Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military.
• Soldiers who are within the first four months of their assignment
to the unit or are within 18 months of entry onto active-duty are high risk Many reported sexual assaults involve alcohol and occur while outwith friends or at a party, and most offenders are people the victim knows Peer to peer mentorship and bystander intervention maybe effective prevention techniques to help reduce incidents of sexual assault.
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