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Sexual Assault Awareness - Office of Justice Programs Sexual Assault Awareness Sexual assault is a widespread issue in the United States, with nearly 325,000 people experiencing rape or sexual assault in 2021, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics Moreover, sexual assault can have lifelong physical, emotional and financial impacts
Protocol for the Examination and Treatment of Sexual Assault Victims The purpose of this protocol is to assist hospitals and other medical facilities in complying with the special needs of sexual assault victims, their families and friends, and to comply properly with the requirements of law enfol~cement authori ties who consider the immediate medical care provider a necessary witness in the prosecution of the
Sexual Assault: Law Enforcement Response Sexual Assault in America1 Although the overall rate of national crime victimization is decreasing, sexual assault rates have not reflected that trend 2 Approximately 500,000 women are esti-mated to be the victims of some form of rape or sexual assault each year 3 The Wational Violence Against Women survey estimated that 14 8 percent of adult women in the United States had been raped sometime
Sexual Violence - The Unmentionable Sin | Office of Justice Programs The assault humiliates, dominates, degrades, overpowers, and violates a person through the most vulnerable dimension fo the self, the sexual self For the offender, sexual violence is a sin against the self, as it is a denial of one's own sexuality
Sexual Assault: A Hospital Community Protocol for Forensic and Medical . . . The treatment plan for the adult victim of a sexual assault includes medical treatment and evidence collection from a hospital facility, the reporting of the incident to law enforcement officers, the presence of a well-trained support person, and the obtaining of a written consent
Coping with Sexual Assault: A Guide to Resolution, Healing and Recovery Sexual assault is defined as a myriad of different acts ranging from invasions of space and privacy to rape Victim reactions following a rape are explored, such as feelings of numbness and shock and feelings of anger and mistrust Suggestions are offered for dealing with the feelings that emerge following an attack
Coping with Sexual Assault: A Guide to Resolution, Healing and Recovery Sexual assault of any kind is a serious crime in all states, U S territories and tribal lands Rape and many other types of sexual assault (such as using drugs or alcohol to impair the victim) are considered felony crimes
Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence . . . Research on violence against women has ex-ploded in the past 20 years, particularly in the areas of intimate partner violence and sexual assault Despite this outpouring of research, many gaps exist in our understanding of vio-lence against women
National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: The SAFER Working Group, which convened over the course of more than two years, consisted of subject matter experts empaneled by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and representing victims, victim advocates, sexual assault nurse examiners, medical examiners, forensic laboratories, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and the judiciary The working group considered issues relating to