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DOJ: 80% college rapes not reported
01:56 - Source: CNN
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Women not enrolled in college faced more cases of rape and sexual assault than those on campus for the period of 1995-2013, a new Department of Justice report shows.

A man looks at blue jeans with messages challenging misconceptions about sexual violence on the University of California Los Angeles campus during Denim Day on April 21, 2004. In 1999, wearing jeans on Denim Day during Sexual Assault Awareness Month became an international symbol of protest against rape in response to an Italian Supreme Court decision, which overturned a rape conviction because the victim wore jeans. The justices reasoned that the victim must have helped her attacker remove her jeans because it would have been impossible without her help.
A man looks at blue jeans with messages challenging misconceptions about sexual violence on the University of California Los Angeles campus during Denim Day on April 21, 2004. In 1999, wearing jeans on Denim Day during Sexual Assault Awareness Month became an international symbol of protest against rape in response to an Italian Supreme Court decision, which overturned a rape conviction because the victim wore jeans. The justices reasoned that the victim must have helped her attacker remove her jeans because it would have been impossible without her help.
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The rate of rape and sexual assault among women (ages 18-24) was 1.2 times higher for non-students compared to students, according to the report released Thursday by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

View the full report here

According to the new report, college students were more unlikely to report incidents (80%) compared to non-students (67%).

Looking at just the most recent year studied, 2013, however, there was no difference in the rates between students and non-students.

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The report comes as efforts to combat campus sexual assault has seen renewed attention from the White House and Congress this year. The issue also became the center of debate after a now-questionable Rolling Stone article spurred stepped-up efforts by the University of Virginia to prevent rape and sexual assault.

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Women who were considered students were those enrolled in a college, university, trade school or vocational school.