Conservative estimates of sexual assault prevalence suggest that 25 percent of American women have experienced sexual assault, including rape. Approximately one-half of those cases involve alcohol consumption by the perpetrator, victim, or both. Alcohol contributes to sexual assault through multiple pathways, often exacerbating existing risk factors. Beliefs about alcohol's effects on sexual an...

Female (n = 5,226) and male (n = 5,969) U.S. Navy recruits completed a survey assessing their premilitary histories of adult sexual assault (SA), defined as attempted or completed rape since the age of 14. The survey was completed under anonymous or identified conditions. Overall, 39% of women reported premilitary SA victimization and 13% of men admitted premilitary SA perpetration. As predicte...

During 1994 U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced 11.6 million violent victimizations  murders, rapes, sexual assaults, robberies, aggravated assaults, and simple assaults. Men experienced more of these crimes than women: 6.6 million versus 5 million. Strangers to the victims committed most of the violence against males (3.9 million), while persons whom the victims knew committed most of ...

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...

For the period 1995 to 2002, college students ages 18 to 24 experienced violence at average annual rates lower than those for nonstudents in the same age group (61 per 1,000 students versus 75 per 1,000 nonstudents). Except for rape/sexual assault, average annual rates were lower for students than for nonstudents for each type of violent crime measured (robbery, aggravated assault, and simple a...

the author conducted 1-year study investigating the causation and management of eye trauma at farabi eye' center. all patients sustaining eye injuries who were evaluated by ophthalmology service over one year interval were included.. a formal questionnaire was completed with details of the injuiy being obtained. an ophthalmologic examination was performed on each patient, and examination f...

Research has suggested that childhood sexual abuse (CSA) may be a risk factor for adulthood sexual assault. This study examined associations between CSA experiences, cognitive resiliency variables, and revictimization. Participants were 73 college-age females who completed self-report questionnaires assessing CSA, adult assault, self-efficacy, locus of control (LOC), and coping styles. Sexual a...

OBJECTIVE The roles of victim and offender alcohol use in the outcomes of sexual assault incidents (rape completion, injury and medical care) were studied. METHOD Data from 859 female sexual assault victims identified from the National Violence against Women Survey were examined. RESULTS Logistic regression analyses demonstrated that offender drinking was associated with greater likelihood ...

C ommunity surveys show that domestic violence is a common problem affecting about 5% of the population each year. Around 1% of emergency department visits in the UK are attributable to domestic assault. 3 The British Home Office estimates that 2.9 million domestic assault injuries occur every year in the UK. It is not clear how many domestic assault victims who present to an emergency departme...

Using archival data from Minneapolis recorded in 3-hr time intervals, E. G. Cohn and J. Rotton concluded that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between temperature and assault, with the maximum assault rate occurring at 74.9 degrees F. They depicted this relationship by plotting temperature against assault. This plot, however, fails to take into account time of day. Time of day was str...