Comparing Female Victims of Separation/Divorce Assault across Geographical Regions

Child Victims of Sexual Assault

This Memorandum is being sent by Sir Basil to several organisations asking for comments and suggestions. The Council of the N.A.M.H. will be considering it shortly. It may be remembered that in the evidence given by the Association to the Ingleby Committee (in April 1958), recommendations very much on those proposed in the Memorandum were included and reference was made to the new procedure in ...

Severity of injuries among sexual assault victims.

It is generally accepted that victims of sexual assault sustain bodily injury. This study's objective was to determine specific characteristics and severity of injuries among victims of sexual violence in Belgrade. Retrospectively, we analyzed a subgroup of victims of sexual violence that was legally processed over a five-year period. We evaluated 113 cases of sexual crimes selected from the Di...

[Examination and care of sexual assault victims].

Any general practitioner might have to examine and care for a sexual assault victim in their professional practice. Taking time to listen to the victim's story is essential to direct the examination and sample collection. The general physical examination screens for physical injuries. Perineal examination is specialized, and should be performed within a very short period of time in the event of...

Restorative justice for victims of sexual assault

Victims of assault attending casualty departments.

Victims of assault make up about 8% of all adult injury cases. The purpose of this study was to analyse the personal characteristics and injuries of 518 victims of assault (=case material) and 496 accidentally injured (=controls), selected at random in a large casualty department. The proportion of males was higher among the assault cases than among controls (76 vs. 61%). Assault victims were m...