sexualoffensevictimsIt is commonly assumed that victims of sexual abuse feel more negatively toward sex offenders and advocate for harsher punishments than individuals who have not been victimized. This belief was examined by comparing attitudes toward sex offenders and their treatment, support of ...
The current trend of media on reporting cases commonly known as Trial by media has witnessed the sensation of self- manifested stories, half- baked truth resulting in the violation of right of individuals, resulting media reporting transforming into media circus. Media and Victims of Sexual Assault...
Sexual abuse in any context is a dreadful thing to confront but when it happens to children under the supervision of teachers in school, it is particularly abhorrent. Unfortunately, abuse is more common in U.S schools and universities than most parents know. In many cases, the offender has ...
In response to the growing support for victims' rights, the criminal justice system has created the position of victim advocate. Victim advocates first gained prominence during the women's and victims' rights movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Rape and domestic abuse counselors saw the need for...
commonly reported instances of sexual abuse in recent years have been perpetrated by the pastors and leaders of the Catholic Church. The Archdiocese of New York is among the “most secretive” Catholic districts in dealing with sexual abuse allegations against priests. According to a report by...
Here are seven things you should never say to a victim of any kind of sexual misconduct. 1. “So, did they rape you or not?” This implies that anything outside the commonly accepted definition of rape is less worthy of concern. It also pressures the victim to classify something t...
Because researchers typically treat victims of sexual assault as a cohesive group, according to Scott Berkowitz, founder of the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, there have been few attempts to understand how these crimes affect subgroups of the population. ...
The analysis of meconium specimens for metabolites of substances of abuse is a relatively accurate method for the detection of fetal exposure to drugs. Mos... M.,A.,ElSohly,... - 《Journal of Analytical Toxicology》 被引量: 277发表: 1999年 Involvement of drugs in sexual assault To obtain...
Peer pressure thus may facilitate child abuse and complicate attempts to uncover the truth [21]. It has been found that even when authorities followed up on reports of maltreatment or sexual abuse, the act was commonly justified as a required disciplinary measure or as being excusable due to ...
Torture, the act of inflicting physical and/or mental suffering on an individual, occurs within the context of a collective system or institution that permits, orders, and enforces it. For many torture survivors, torture is a continuous and cumulative ex