INTRODUCTION There is currently no standard forensic medicine training program for emergency medicine residents. In the advent of sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) programs aimed at improving the quality of care for sexual assault victims, it is also unclear how these programs impact emergency medicine (EM) resident forensic medicine training. The purpose of this study was to gather informat...

Sexual assault is a broad-based term that encompasses a wide range of sexual victimizations including rape. Since the American Academy of Pediatrics published its last policy statement on sexual assault in 2001, additional information and data have emerged about sexual assault and rape in adolescents and the treatment and management of the adolescent who has been a victim of sexual assault. Thi...

BACKGROUND There has been little systematic investigation of widespread reports of drugging and sexual assault. We sought to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with suspected drug-facilitated sexual assault. METHODS Between June 2005 and March 2007, a total of 977 consecutive sexual assault victims underwent screening for suspected drugging at 7 hospital-based sexual assault t...

Introduction: Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the consent of the recipient. Approximately 1 in 5 women report experiencing sexual assault during their lifetime. Previous research reveals that stronger beliefs in traditional masculine roles are associated with greater acceptance of rape myths. Also, acceptance of traditional masculine roles is associa...

Thousands of women and children experience sexual assault trauma annually in South Africa. The challenge posed by recovery from sexual assault trauma is a reality that confronts the survivors of sexual assault, their families and the larger community of service providers. Yet, little research has been conducted on recovery from sexual assault as a phenomenon. The purpose of the study was to exp...

Policy Issues and Key Questions. Inmate sexual assault is a public health and human rights issue as well as an administrative management problem in correctional facilities throughout the country. This research was designed to contribute to a main goal of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 and the Sexual Abuse in Detention Elimination Act of 2005—to reduce sexual assault, including rape, in...

Sexual assault on college campuses is a public health issue. However varying research methodologies (e.g., different sexual assault definitions, measures, assessment timeframes) and low response rates hamper efforts to define the scope of the problem. To illuminate the complexity of campus sexual assault, we collected survey data from a large population-based random sample of undergraduate stud...

Title of Document: EXAMINING SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION AMONG WOMEN: DO ECOLOGICAL FACTORS PREDICT THE SEVERITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT? Patricia L. Fanflik, MS, MA, Doctoral Candidate, 2014 Directed By: Professor and Chair, Elaine A. Anderson, Ph.D., Department of Family Science Rape and other forms of sexual victimization against women are considered to be among the most severe and underreported crimes i...

This study tests whether there is substantial undercounting of sexual assault by universities. It compares the sexual assault data submitted by universities while being audited for Clery Act violations with the data from years before and after such audits. If schools report higher rates of sexual assault during times of higher regulatory scrutiny (audits), then that result would support the con...