Editing Gang rape (section)

===United States===
The US reports about 85,000 rapes a year, or an average of 27.3 rapes per 100,000 population.<ref name="unodc.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls |title=CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls |website=www.unodc.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704034059/http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls |archive-date=2012-07-04}}</ref> There is a rape in the US every 6.2 minutes.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/rape-minute-thousand-corpses-year/|title=A Rape a Minute, A Thousand Corpses a Year|first=Rebecca|last=Solnit|date=24 January 2013|magazine=The Naiton|access-date=24 September 2018|archive-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818021706/https://www.thenation.com/article/rape-minute-thousand-corpses-year/|url-status=live}}</ref> As with other countries, the US does not collect separate data on gang rapes; Vogelman and Lewis estimate 25% of all [[rape in the United States|rapes in the US]] are gang rapes.<ref name="csvr.org.za"/> Another source indicates 21.8% of American rapes are gang rapes.<ref>Horvath, Miranda et al. ''Handbook on the Study of Multiple Perpetrator Rape''. Routledge 2013, p. 15.</ref>
A [[Roger Williams University]] study estimates from survey of crime data that 16% of all male rapists in the US participated in a gang rape crime.<ref>[http://rwu.edu/campus-life/health-counseling/counseling-center/sexual-assault/rape-myths-and-fac Rape Myths and Facts, RW University (2012)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909161024/http://rwu.edu/campus-life/health-counseling/counseling-center/sexual-assault/rape-myths-and-fac |date=2013-09-09 }}</ref>

A 15-year-old girl in [[Chicago]] was gang raped on Facebook live in 2017 while watched by over 40 people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chicago-teenager-gang-rape-facebook-live-video-dozens-watched-a7642866.html|title=Teenager 'gang raped on Facebook live while dozens watched and did nothing'|access-date=2018-01-29|archive-date=2022-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125023059/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chicago-teenager-gang-rape-facebook-live-video-dozens-watched-a7642866.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On a separate occasion, two teenage girls, one aged 15, the other aged 16, in [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]], were gang raped by at least 11 men.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/la-crosse-teens-charged-in-gang-rape-of-girls-inside/article_9a5b163d-60a9-5778-ad4c-df751b4a7f40.html|title=2 La Crosse teens charged in gang rape of 2 girls inside South Side garage|first=ANNE|last=JUNGEN|date=9 November 2017 |access-date=2018-01-04|archive-date=2018-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233535/http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/la-crosse-teens-charged-in-gang-rape-of-girls-inside/article_9a5b163d-60a9-5778-ad4c-df751b4a7f40.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some examples of gang rapes reported in local media in 2013 include the [[2010 gang rapes in Cleveland, Texas|Cleveland, Texas gang rape]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Defendant-in-Cleveland-gang-rape-case-gets-life-4073766.php |title=Defendant in Cleveland gang rape case gets life sentence |publisher=[[Houston Chronicle]] |access-date=2013-11-05 |archive-date=2013-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927171825/http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Defendant-in-Cleveland-gang-rape-case-gets-life-4073766.php |url-status=live }}</ref> [[2009 Richmond High School gang rape|Richmond gang rape]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Gafni |first=Matthias |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_21810386/sentencing-today-key-richmong-gang-rape-suspect |title=Richmond gang-rape 'main participant' sentenced to 32 years - San Jose Mercury News |work=Mercurynews.com |access-date=2013-11-05 |archive-date=2013-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014171023/http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_21810386/sentencing-today-key-richmong-gang-rape-suspect |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Vanderbilt rape case|Vanderbilt University gang rape]],<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/23/534183805/third-former-vanderbilt-football-player-found-guilty-in-rape-of-unconscious-stud|title = Third Former Vanderbilt Football Player Found Guilty in Rape of Unconscious Student|newspaper = NPR|date = 23 June 2017|last1 = Goldgeier|first1 = Kathy|access-date = 4 July 2020|archive-date = 5 July 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200705202708/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/23/534183805/third-former-vanderbilt-football-player-found-guilty-in-rape-of-unconscious-stud|url-status = live}}</ref> [[New Orleans]] gang rape,<ref>{{cite news |author=St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office |url=http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/04/4_men_found_guilty_in_gang_rap.html |title=4 men found guilty in gang rape of 15-year-old in St. Tammany |publisher=[[The Times-Picayune]] |access-date=2013-11-05 |archive-date=2013-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016055506/http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/04/4_men_found_guilty_in_gang_rap.html |url-status=live }}</ref> St Paul gang rape,<ref>{{cite news |last=Gurnonegurnon |first=Emily |url=http://www.twincities.com/stpaul/ci_23665333/teen-st-paul-gang-rape-gets-more-than |title=Teen in St. Paul gang rape gets more than three years |publisher=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |date=2013-07-15 |access-date=2013-11-05 |archive-date=2022-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125023100/https://www.twincities.com/2013/07/14/teen-in-st-paul-gang-rape-gets-more-than-three-years/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Miami]] gang rape/murder,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21009734985975/ringleader-of-gang-rape-and-murder-sentenced-to-death/ |title=Ringleader of gang rape, murder sentenced to death |publisher=[[WSVN]] |access-date=2013-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017102535/http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21009734985975/ringleader-of-gang-rape-and-murder-sentenced-to-death/ |archive-date=October 17, 2013 }}</ref> among others.