DOD SAPR Annual Reports

This chart tracks the Center for Military Readiness’s analysis of Department of Defense cases classified as unfounded or otherwise precluded from command action in annual SAPR reports from 2009 through 2018. The accompanying notes explain its case-count denominators and exclusions, and cite the 2018 report’s 28 percent combined figure for insufficient evidence or allegations deemed unfounded after command or legal review.

The Department of Defense’s 2004 report summarizes reported sexual assault allegations involving Armed Forces members and the services’ prevention and response policies. It presents investigation and disposition data, describes gaps in consistent reporting, and reviews initiatives developed by the department and military services during that year.

The Department of Defense’s 2005 report summarizes reported sexual assault allegations involving Armed Forces members and policy responses during that calendar year. It describes the introduction of restricted reporting, investigation and disposition data, and prevention, training, and victim-support actions taken by the department and military services.

The Department of Defense’s calendar-year 2006 report reviews sexual assault allegations involving Armed Forces members and describes the prevention and response policies in place that year. It presents investigation and disposition data, service-level program actions, reporting options, and victim support information, while identifying 2006 as the first full year of data collection for restricted reports.

The Department of Defense’s fiscal-year 2007 report describes military sexual assault prevention and response activities and allegations reported from October 2006 through September 2007. It covers policy and program developments, prevention and training, unrestricted and restricted reports, investigation dispositions, and planned work for fiscal year 2008.

The Department of Defense’s fiscal-year 2008 report presents military sexual assault reporting data and reviews the department’s prevention and response program. Its sections discuss victim care and reporting options, oversight and accountability, policy, training, outreach, prevention, response capabilities, and aggregate incident information.

The Department of Defense’s fiscal-year 2009 report summarizes sexual assault reports involving service members and the department’s prevention and response work. It describes SAPR policy and victim care, program priorities and oversight, reporting options, and statistical information on reports and case outcomes, alongside supplementary reports from the military services.

The Department of Defense’s fiscal-year 2010 report analyzes sexual assault reports involving service members and reviews prevention, reporting, response, accountability, and stakeholder education efforts. It also discusses the 2010 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey, including reported unwanted sexual contact rates and the department’s strategic priorities for its SAPR program.

The Department of Defense’s fiscal-year 2011 report reviews sexual assault reports involving service members and the department’s prevention and response programs. It organizes program updates around priorities that include prevention, reporting confidence, response, accountability, and stakeholder knowledge, and describes the evaluation metrics used to assess the program.

The Department of Defense’s fiscal-year 2012 annual report describes sexual assault reports, case dispositions, and program efforts across the military. Volume 1 also reviews survey findings and initiatives concerning prevention, reporting, victim response, accountability, and program assessment, while Volume 2 contains the 2012 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members and related research annexes.

Volume II of the Department of Defense’s fiscal-year 2012 SAPR report contains research annexes, including the 2012 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members. The survey note describes its sample and methods and reports estimates of unwanted sexual contact, sexual harassment, sexist behavior, and related gender experiences, with comparisons to earlier surveys where questions were comparable.

The Department of Defense’s fiscal-year 2013 report analyzes sexual assault reports and summarizes program and policy changes across the military. It organizes developments under five lines of effort—prevention, investigation, accountability, victim assistance, and assessment—and describes initiatives such as special victim capabilities, training, command-climate measures, and case disposition data.

The Department of Defense’s fiscal-year 2014 report presents statistical analyses of sexual assault reports and reviews prevention and response programs, policy changes, and implementation of congressional requirements. It also summarizes completed initiatives, efforts to address retaliation, military-service contributions, and the department’s assessment work, including survey and focus-group methods.

This Department of Defense report to the President describes sexual assault prevention and response reforms and program progress from fiscal years 2012 through 2014. It reviews strategic efforts across prevention, investigation, accountability, advocacy and victim assistance, and assessment, and discusses military justice reforms, training, investigative capability, and preliminary organizational-climate evidence.

This provisional statistical report explains how the Department of Defense collects and categorizes sexual assault reports and subject dispositions for fiscal year 2014. It traces reports through investigation and command or legal action, distinguishes unrestricted from restricted reporting, and presents provisional counts and expedited-transfer information while noting categories where action was precluded.

The Department of Defense’s fiscal-year 2015 annual report reviews military sexual assault reports and the department’s prevention and response efforts. Its executive summary describes work on prevention, reporting, sexual-harassment complaints, responses to male victims, and retaliation, while the report also covers investigations, accountability, victim assistance, assessment, and service-level initiatives.

The Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2016 report reviews sexual assault prevention and response across the military. It describes survey evidence that estimated assaults among active-duty members declined while reporting increased, alongside program initiatives, victim services, and accountability efforts.

This appendix compiles the Department of Defense’s statistical data on sexual assault reports for Fiscal Year 2016. It explains the reporting scope and methods, then presents data on investigations, case dispositions, military justice outcomes, victim demographics, restricted reports, and service referrals.

The Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2017 annual report presents sexual assault reporting data and describes its prevention and response program. Its sections address prevention, services for people who report assaults, retaliation, and initiatives across the military services, with Appendix B providing detailed statistics.

This appendix presents the Department of Defense’s statistical data on sexual assault reports for Fiscal Year 2017. It describes how the data are defined and collected, then examines reports, investigations, case dispositions, military justice actions, victim demographics, and other response measures.

The Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2018 annual report reviews sexual assault data and prevention and response policies. It discusses workplace climate findings, advocacy and victim assistance, retaliation, and department-wide efforts, and includes statistical appendices and reports from the military services.

This appendix organizes Department of Defense statistics on sexual assault reports from Fiscal Year 2018. It covers the scope and collection of the data and details reports, investigations, case dispositions, military justice actions, victim characteristics, and related response information.

The Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2019 annual report describes sexual assault reporting, unit climate, victim assistance, and prevention efforts. It also reviews retaliation-related work and departmental programs, with appendices covering statistical data, survey assessments, and related topics.

The Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2020 annual report reviews sexual assault reporting and prevention and response programs during the pandemic year. It notes that the active-duty prevalence survey was postponed, while reporting data and service-level program updates remained part of the report.