R.A.D.
Rape Aggression Defense System

  Leaving home to go away to college next year?
Do you work the late shift?   

Learn how to protect yourself!

Concerned about your daughter’s self-defense skills? 

Is she going away to college next year?

Do you worry about the women in your life?

Help the ones you care about learn how to protect themselves!

Lincoln Land Community College is focused on helping women prepare in defending themselves against potential assault, aggression, and rape. We encourage females of all ages to attend the Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) course!

We have one upcoming course, which will run from 6-9 p.m..  It will be held:

  October 19, 21, 26, 28 (Tuesdays & Thursdays)

Location:  Stephens Room in Menard Hall, main LLCC campus
5250 Shepherd Road in Springfield

The comprehensive program, designed specifically for women, begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training. Each student receives a workbook/reference manual.

With more than 7,000 instructors certified and nearly 300,000 women trained, RAD System is the country's largest and fastest growing self-defense program for women and children.  The RAD System curriculum is taught at more than 400 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada, and is the only self-defense program ever to be endorsed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). 

Cost of the 12-hour course, which is taught by RAD-certified instructors, is $25 per person, which includes a RAD workbook/reference manual. This manual outlines the entire physical defense program for reference and continuous personal growth.  Lifetime re-training is free. Previous participants are welcome to attend the courses at no cost. Due to limited class size (24 per class), pre-registration is required.

If you have questions or if you would like more information regarding R.A.D., please contact Marianne Klein at 217-524-0442 or Marianne.Klein@llcc.edu.   

To enroll, please call 217-557-7290.

 We encourage you to discover the knowledge that may one day save your life!

Victims of sexual assault are:
          3 times more likely to suffer from depression.
          6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
         13 times more likely to abuse alcohol.
         26 times more likely to abuse drugs.
          4 times more likely to contemplate suicide.
                                (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network, RAINN)

Almost two-thirds of all rapes are committed by someone who is known to the victim. 

• 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger. 
• 38% of perpetrators were a friend or acquaintance of the victim
• 28% were an intimate
• 7% were another relative 
                                   (National Crime Victimization Survey, 2005)

More than 50% of all rape/sexual assault incidents were reported by victims to have occured within 1 mile of their home or at their home.

• 4 in 10 take place at the victim's home
• 2 in 10 take place at the home of a friend, neighbor, or relative
• 1 in 12 take place in a parking garage
• 43% of rapes occur between 6:00 pm and midnight
• 24% occur between midnight and 6 am
• The other 33% take place between 6 am and 6 pm
                            (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network, RAINN)

17.7 million American women have been victims of attempted or completed rape.    (Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violance Against Women Survey, National Institute of Justice and Center for Disease)
This translates into 1 out of every 6 American women.

20-25% of women in college reported experiencing an attempted or completed rape in college.  This means 1 in 4 college women may be at risk. (Fisher 2000)

Every two minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted. (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network RAINN) calculation based on 2000 National Crime Victimization Survey.  Bureau of Justice Statistics, US Dept. of Justice)

Females ages 12-24 are at the greatest risk for experiencing a rape or sexual assault. (DOJ 2001)

A woman is four times more likely to be raped by an acquaintance than by a stranger. The rapist may be a date, neighbor, boss, co-worker, delivery person, repair worker, spouse, or anyone else you know.  It can happen any time, any place. (Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault)

A study of domestic violence survivors found that 74% of employed battered women were harassed by their partner while at work. (Family Violence Prevention Fund).

More than 29,000 acts of rape or sexual assault are perpetrated against women at work each year. (Family Violence Prevention Fund).

90% of rape victims who knew their attacker did not report the attack to the police. (Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault)