Background: South Africa faces an unprecedented problem of rape and violence against women and girls – amongst the highest in the world. While the health and social consequences of sexual assault are detrimental, it is not clear how victims of sexual assault respond to these acts. This study ...
The Role Of Attributions and Perceived Control In Recovery From Rape It is fitting that a volume on post-traumatic stress includes chapters on sexual assault given both the prevalence of sexual assault and its effects. Speci... Patricia,A.,Frazier - 《Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss》...
The findings are sufficient to cause alarm for the health and safety of certain individuals and their increased vulnerability to sexual assault in some social settings. Additionally, the legal implications of what constitutes valid consent needs to be considered further in the light of these findings...
Child Sexual Assault as a Risk Factor for Mental Disorders Among Women A Community Survey A community sample of 391 adult women was screened for a history of sexual assault during childhood and assessed for lifetime and current mental disorders ... BE Saunders,LA Villeponteaux,JA Lipovsky,......
It is estimated that the number of child victims of sexual assault is in excess of 200,000 per year. Many of these children are brought to emergency room facilities or to their private physician's office for evaluation. The recent advances in the area of diagnosis and management of children...
- 《Journal of Legal Pluralism & Unofficial Law》 被引量: 27发表: 2006年 Victims' use of professional services in a Dutch sexual assault centre Prior research endorsed the establishment of sexual assault centres in the Netherlands because of the potential benefit for victims' mental recovery. In...