Victims who resisted were less likely to have the rape completed against them than were those who did not resist and not significantly more likely to be injured. Resistance with a gun, knife, or other weapon was most effective in preventing completion; unarmed forceful resistance, threatening, and arguing were least effective, but generally did not provoke rapists to inflict injury. The rape itself is usually the most serious injury the victim suffers, as only three percent received such injury after resistance. Thus, the strategy of refraining from resistance in order to avoid injury is questionable. 6 tables, 29 references. (Author abstract modified)