Sexual Assault Cruise Ships

Sexual assault is the most common crime reported on cruise ships according to data from the Department of Transportation DOT.

Sexual assault cruise ships. Sexual assault is the most common crime reported on cruise ships according to data from the Department of Transportation DOT. While there were no murders in all of 2016 or the first quarter of 2017 on cruise lines that embark and disembark in the US there were 62 reported sexual assaults out of 92 alleged crimes in. Allegations of sexual assault on cruise ships that left or returned to the United States jumped 67 percent year-over-year between July and September.

By comparison there were 22 thefts. Shockingly most perpetrators get away with the crime. There were 23 reports of sexual assault made between July 1.

Carnival Cruises the worlds largest cruise company reported the most incidents with 28 including 20 sex assaults. There were 79 reported allegations of sexual assault on cruise ships through the first 9 months of this year up from 60 during the same period in both 2018 and 2017. It is by far the most frequently reported crime on cruises as has been the case for the past several years.

There were 82 sexual assaults reported in 2018. This paper takes an historical look at the problem of sexual assault on cruise ships. The true scale of rapes aboard cruise ships is hard to gauge.

This project will enable us to hire a Cruise Ship Sexual Assault prevention intern to provide prevention and crisis response to Americans embarking on cruise ship vacations in the hopes of preventing increasing incidents of sexual assault. It provides an historical account of. In 2018 cruise lines reported 120 alleged crimes to the DOT.

As was 68 percent of crime reported on board Royal Caribbean vessels. Abby Smith left and her. 17 allegedly involved passengers one involved a crew member and two were listed as other.